Episode 7 - Caro Giles on Unschooled, Writing as Activism and Harnessing Rage.

In this episode of the Creative Resistance podcast, Scott speaks with author Caro Giles about her books Unschooled and Twelve Moons. The conversation roams widely and looks at writing as activism, the harnessing of rage, capitalism’s drive to produce cogs for the machine, and the importance of moving away from a ‘one-size fits all’ education system.Bio: Caro is an author living in Glasgow with her four daughters. She has also worked as an actor, a musician and a teacher. Caro is a full time carer to two of her daughters who are unable to access education at school. She writes about the challenges of trying to access support from underfunded and often hostile systems, and uses her work to highlight educational and care issues, describing her writing as a form of activism. Caro is the author of two memoirs - Twelve Moons (HarperNorth 2023) and Unschooled (Little Toller 2025). She writes about female identity and the value of creativity amongst the challenges of full time caring. She is a monthly columnist for Psychologies and has written for publications including The Sunday Times, The i and Grazia. She was names BBC Countryfile’s inaugural New Nature Writer of the year. Her words can also be found on Substack and Instagram @carogileswrites.Instagram: @carogileswritesSubstack: carogiles.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecreativeresistancepodcast.substack.com