Is There Anyone There? Tickets now available for the Ghost Short Story workshop at Regency Town House
Booking has just opened for the three hour workshop I am running on with artist and printmaker Jill Vigus. IS THERE ANYONE THERE? Ghost Story Writing Workshop Saturday October 6 … Continue reading
MY BOOKS by a novelist who was once obsessed by the Famous Five and recently enjoyed a cuckoo book (she has no idea how it found a home on her shelves) First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
By novelist SANDRA DANBY, author of Connectedness… Justine’s art sells around the world, but does anyone truly know her? When her mother dies, she returns to her childhood home in … Continue reading
Why writers get blocked (sometimes) – Annie Dillard QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
When you are stuck in a book; when you are well into writing it, and know what comes next, and yet cannot go on; when every morning for a week … Continue reading
Coming soon…a Ghost Story workshop on how to chill readers to the bone but what to call it…?
In a Regency town house rich in history and atmosphere I will be running a ghost story workshop with artist and printmaker Jill Vigis this October. After a private and … Continue reading
MY BOOKS by an award-winning film-maker: from fantasy and dodos to out-of-fashion spy novels First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
BY EDWARD MILNER, an award-winning documentary film-maker and author of Trees of Britain and Ireland published by the Natural History Museum. Edward has just completed his first novel which he … Continue reading
What you can do to books – Matt Haig QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
It is okay to dog ear pages. It is okay to draw in books. Doodles. Margin notes. Highlights. Books are to be interacted with, argued with, marked, loved. A book … Continue reading
MY BOOKS from WWI to the Year 2081 by a TV writer who “so wanted The Borrowers to be true” First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
BY DOM SHAW, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. I always wanted to be able to say Groucho’s line. ‘I can sing, dance, play the piano and in an emergency, move … Continue reading
How ideas grow into a novel – David Whitehouse QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
…my books have been collisions of the ideas I’ve had which have stood the test of time. By which I mean I remember them a long time after I’ve had … Continue reading
Creative Events, Opportunities and Jobs August 2018
A bit late, but here’s around up of some interesting oppotunities and jobs EVENTS UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA LECTURE: Val McDermid Val McDermid is a bestselling, award-winning crime writer and … Continue reading
MY BOOKS from Lord of the Rings to an re-interpretation of Greek mythology First lines, first books, first literary loves….and more
A selection from Joe Jacobs, child psychotherapist What’s the first book you remember reading (or being read to you)? Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon by E.C. Eliott published … Continue reading
Do all this and “it doesn’t matter a damn how well you write” – Somerset Maugham QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how well you write. Somerset Maugham
For just 99p – the ebook writing guide that’s been called ‘the creative writing bible’…
…by top historical novelist C.S. Quinn (you can find out all about her on Amazon HERE) Novelist Alex Pheby, Head of Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich also has … Continue reading
MY BOOKS and other favourite things from The Terrible Tudors to the extraordinary Pablo Picasso by Aylah, aged 7
What book are you reading right now? Horrible science And the one you read before that? Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy First line: I’m Katy Carr. I’m the eldest. What book would … Continue reading
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