Finalist in the People’s Book Prize 2019/2020
What is the book about and who should read it?
The book is available from: Amazon, Waterstones, Foyles, Hashtag Press, Not Another Bunch of Flowers,WH Smiths, Blackwells,
Podcasts
- The Prosperity Kitchen – talking about the joy of to-do lists
- My Breast My Health – talking about my breast cancer diagnosis and how I came to set up the website and write a book.
- Breast Cancer Care podcast talking about moving forward after treatment.
- Naked Health podcast – talking about my book and going through breast cancer
Radio appearances include: Riverside Radio, Radio Glastonbury, Manchester FM, BHBN Hospital Radio, Women’s Radio Get Booked, BBC Three Counties
Press coverage
- Interview with Prima Magazine (three page spread in October 2019 issue)
- Interview with NCT – Being a mum with cancer
- Interview with Herts Advertiser
- Interview with Cancer Hive Magazine, Issue 2 (hard copy)
- Article in Herts Advertiser regarding award finalist (Feb 2020)
Press mentions
- Mention in Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 15 things survivors want you to know, Yahoo Style
- Appetite ER: how to tempt the taste buds in the face of depression, illness or cancer treatment. Interview for Sainsbury’s Magazine.
- From Zoflora to Conker Gin: 8 great products supporting charities, Fundraising UK
Book reviews (not including book review sites, Amazon, Waterstones etc.)
“Ticking Off Breast Cancer is a candid, thoughtful account of the way Sara dealt with a breast cancer diagnosis. She is one impressive woman.” Victoria Derbyshire (journalist, broadcaster and writer)
“I love the honesty and practicality of Sara’s to-do lists. It inspires you to create your own – here’s mine: be mindful, be grateful, be kind.” Sian Williams (journalist, broadcaster and writer)
- Top books to read if you’re going through breast cancer, Breast Cancer Now
- Happy Magazine Ireland (page 8)
- Pink Ribbon Foundation book review
- Who’s going pink for breast cancer awareness month? Fundraising UK
- Karin Sieger book review
- My Chestnut Reading Tree book review
- Goodreads page for Ticking Off Breast Cancer
- Blooming Cancer book review
- The Menopause Exchange book review
Reviews of www.tickingoffbreastcancer.com the website
Articles written by me
- Reflecting on Life’s Priorities, Jennifer Young
- My friend wasn’t there for me during my breast cancer, HuffPost
- What is it like to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 42, Literally PR Blog
- Writing through cancer: using writing as therapy (and to help others), Shine Cancer Support
- The social media cancer community – a comfort or a curse? Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer
- The art of going slow, Happy Magazine (page 42)
- Special gifts for loved ones with cancer, Henpicked
- Friend has cancer: what to say or do, Kate on Thin Ice
- What you need to know about breast cancer, Kate on Thin Ice
- What to say to a cancer patient and what not to, Kate on Thin Ice
- I want to start an honest conversation about breast cancer, Breast Cancer Now
- Ten tips for getting through cancer, Honest Mum
- Ten ways my new normal is different, Mission Remission
- A walk through no-mans-land, Mission Remission
- Time for a girls’ weekend or not, Mission Remission
- I was struggling to eat healthily and cope with chemotherapy, Nourish by Jane Clarke
- What Can I Buy My Loved One With Cancer? Not Another Bunch of Flowers
- When cancer appeared on my to-do list, Rethink Breast Cancer
- Making Maggies (Maggies Cancer Support hard copy publication)
- Five Things I’ve Learnt About Having Breast Cancer in My Early Forties, Life Death, Whatever
- How Ticking Off Breast Cancer was born, Cancer Care Parcel
- Working with cancer three part article about returning to work after cancer: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- The A to Z of distracting yourself throughout treatment: written for Inga Well Clothing
- My breast cancer has induced an early menopause: written for Hotflush
- Gift ideas for someone going through cancer for Cancer Pal
- Ticking Off Breast Cancer, Sam’s Spaces
