Hopezine the book out now
Hopezine is a small, printed independent magazine and blog and now book – right here! – by me, Erica Crompton, a journalist with schizoaffective who survived a suicide attempt. Launched in November 2018 at an NHS suicide prevention conference at the Bet365 stadium, Hopezine aims to share stories from people who have survived adversity in […]
Hopezine’s Editor’s new art book
Can art change how we think about this thing called ‘schizophrenia’? Are all artists ‘mad’? Are people with schizophrenia more creative than those without? A freelance journalist with a history of paranoid schizophrenia aims to address these questions and more in ‘A look at schizophrenia in art’. With a master’s degree in creative writing, and […]
Summer’s Hopezine 2024 is here!
Editor’s letter Lately, I’ve been feeling content and have let coincidence into my life – something that feels very spiritual to me. I believe that we can find a great deal of strength and hope, not just in spirituality but also in the lights that illuminate the way for atheists and agnostic people, too. So […]
“The Nook”
By Erica Crompton We knew as soon as we heard Ms Swain had booked in for a house viewing that destiny was at play. My lovely home and safe space, a wee white cottage in a leafy street was up for sale and if I’d had any doubts about selling-up and moving somewhere more accessible […]
My Guiding Light
By Sobanan Narenthiran In the veiled halls of existence, where shadows intertwine,I walked, bound by karma, through the tapestry of time.Within these walls of illusion, under the cosmic eye’s gaze,I found an ancient wisdom, a love that burns and blazes. Unconditional love, the alchemist’s stone, in my journey’s night,A beacon of mystic fire, guiding me […]
Is time just an illusion?
By Sobanan Narenthiran In the grand tapestry of existence, the concept of time has always fascinated and perplexed humanity. We measure it, chase it, and often feel we’re running out of it. Yet, what if I were to tell you that time, as we understand it, is merely an illusion? This realisation was the cornerstone […]
Finding hope with mantras
By Katrina Robinson I can honestly say fear no longer frightens me the way it did that day many years ago when I realised I had apparently inherited my mother and her family’s tendency to mood disorders. When you are young and inexperienced you think that having any mental illness guarantees a terrible life. Now […]
Sparkly poem
By Knuckles Everyone has a spark inside A spiritual guiding light To illuminate the paths ahead On our darkest nights It doesn’t matter if you pray Or don’t believe in God at all Awakening to your inner light Is like answering a helping call
The moon
By Erica Crompton As inky as the night-time sky As brightening as the moon A sparkle glimmering in an eye And dancing through monsoons When times are hard And all is lost The moon is here for all In the darkness of the night, The angels hear your call. There’s magic as the clock strikes […]
For Mo
Poem by Koo Solid, kind patience and so full of love, The odd nod or wink but never a nudge! That would happen when you needed to budge, A guiding light that fitted like a cashmere glove! In panic, or fear, reassurance was near, A call on the phone and one felt peace. That invisible […]