Articles
I have had numerous articles published in print and online. I enjoy writing about the creative process and interviewing other writers. I have also published articles in the areas of parenting and disability, and interviewed a wide range of people.
NEW *** My life writing piece, Violent Possibility, published in issue 3 of Friction Magazine (October 2011)***
The View From Here literary magazine 
I am a staff writer for The View From Here literary magazine. Read selected articles online:
Interview with Danny Rhodes (September 2011)
Interview with novelist Glenis Stott (July 2011)
Poet Ruth O’Callaghan talks about the Camden and Lumen Poetry Project (August 2010)
Interview with young adult novelist Keris Stainton (June 2010)
Interview with novelist Megan Taylor (Feb 2010)
The mother of all jobs (Jan 2010)
Stage fright and other worries (Dec 2009)
OU Creative Writing Tutors Blog
How teaching Creative Writing with the Open University has influenced my writing practice (July 2011)
Mslexia
My article, ’How I Did It’, about my debut novel, ’Marilyn and Me’, was published in Mslexia, Apr/May/Jun 2007 issue.
Rough Guide to Accessible Britain 
I had a lot of fun researching days out as a reviewer
for the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain: Family Days Out.
Check out my reviews of Westminster Abbey,
V&A Museum of Childhood and Battersea Park.
Disability Now
Stop assuming, start listening, where I talk about my
personal experience of disability, was published in
Disability Now (May 2008)
Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood
As Deputy Editor of Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International journal, I commission, interview, write and edit a range of articles. You can read a selection of my articles online.
Selected interviews:
Helping out in the community - Mandy Gatrick, a mother and wheelchair user, talks to Shanta Everington about the value of getting out and about in the community. (Issue 71, Winter 2010/11)
Labour of love, the power of faith - Liz Jackson (of ’Secret Millionaire’ fame) talks to Shanta Everington about her experience of parenting with a visual impairment, the importance of problem-solving, having confidence in oneself and knowing when to ask for help. (Issue 68, Spring 2010)
MS: challenges and strategies - Jo Bloomfield, a mother with MS, talks to Shanta Everington about some of the challenges of parenting with MS and about her experiences of accessing her sons’ school as a disabled parent. (Issue 67, Autumn/winter 2009)
Challenging the doubters - Louise Medus, author of ’No Hand To Hold & No Legs To Dance On - a Thalidomide survivor’s story’ (Accent Press) talks to Shanta Everington about her experiences of parenting. (Issue 66, Summer 2009)
Fatherhood and schizophrenia - Russell Hine talked to Shanta Everington about being diagnosed with schizophrenia after the birth of his son. (Issue 65, Spring 2009)
My own story:
Shanta’s pregnancy and birth story (Issue 57, Spring 2007)
Book reviews:
Shanta reviews two guides for disabled parents of teenagers (Issue 65, Spring 2009)
Commissions
I am open to commissions for writing articles, columns, interviews, book reviews etc. I am particularly interested in writing about the following:
writing, creativity, women’s issues, motherhood, parenting, health issues, disability and equality