BRIDGET WHELAN writer

for writers and readers….

Have your poem published alongside Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan

Macmillan Cancer Support are inviting submissions for HEART SHOOTS, a poetry anthology that will be published at Easter 2013. The themes are love and relationships, but they are also accepting … Continue reading

October 1, 2012 · 2 Comments

Win a copy of A GOOD CONFESSION

For the month of October I’m running a raffle to win a copy of A GOOD CONFESSION – all you have to do is make a comment on one of … Continue reading

October 1, 2012 · 2 Comments

TWO international non fiction writing competitions

The Financial Times and Bodley Head have launched an international essay writing competition for young writers. (I admit that I’ve got to the stage where 35 and below looks young.) … Continue reading

September 30, 2012 · Leave a comment

Mass Market writing opportunity – especially if you want to release your own 50 Shades of Grey…

If you are interested in writing for women’s magazines WOMAGWRITER’S BLOG is a must read. It’s generous in its advice and up to date in the information it gives (as … Continue reading

September 20, 2012 · Leave a comment

Free ebooks to download from two bestselling authors

You wait for one to come along and then… Two Brighton based authors embark on two very different train journeys. We can  read the stories that emerged from their travels … Continue reading

September 6, 2012 · Leave a comment

Why you hate twitter – still time to enter this free competition

Words with Jam are giving away three mugs (who said you were going to get rich as a writer). All you have to do is tell in exactly 140 characters … Continue reading

September 5, 2012 · Leave a comment

Secrets and Spies in the Richard and Judy Book Club List

Although no longer supported by regular television slots, the Richard and Judy Book Club still packs a punch and the autumn selection has just been announced. It is an interesting … Continue reading

August 30, 2012 · Leave a comment

The next Christmas bestseller

‘A Week in Winter‘  is a 464-page book of interlinked short stories about the people staying at an old hotel on the west coast of Ireland. As Maeve Binchy’s last … Continue reading

August 23, 2012 · Leave a comment

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