Culture Club: No Season But the Summer

The intersection of caregiving and creative practice defines the professional and personal journey of writer and theatre maker Matilda Leyser. Her latest novel, *No Season But the Summer*, reimagines the Persephone and Demeter myth to explore the tensions between mother-daughter dynamics and the escalating climate crisis. Beyond her literary work, Leyser leads the "Mothers and Others Who Make" project, an initiative designed to support individuals balancing caring roles with artistic pursuits. By introducing a forward slash into the project's name, she aims to broaden the scope of this community to include all types of caregivers, challenging the narrative that creative success and caregiving are mutually exclusive. This dialogue highlights the necessity of holding space for those who navigate the dual pressures of responsibility and artistic expression, ultimately framing care as a vital, transformative act.