We hope that friends old and new will join us on Saturday 11th October at Foyles in Bristol. If you think you can make it, you’ll need a ticket, so please don’t forget to register on Foyles’ website
This week Ali Bacon reflects on what she heard (or hopes she heard) at an evening with Nathan Filer There’s nothing like a local hero to inspire us all to greater things, and since winning the Costa Prize with The Shock of the Fall, Nathan Filer is the man whose hand we have all wanted…
After her guest slot on BBC Radio Bristol last Saturday (two days left to catch up here), Shirley is fast becoming a local celebrity, but she has found time to tell us some of her writing secrets in today’s post. What are you working on now? Poetry, almost exclusively. I’ve become fascinated with…
Our group has been tagged by Nina on her Kitchen Table Writers blog (great news on the Fish Prize, Nina!) to answer questions about our writing process. So we’re going to take turns to reveal at least some of our writing secrets. First up is Gail. What am I working on now? My novel-in-the-writing is about a remote…
On Friday there’s a chance to celebrate Bristol’s Tbilisi connection and hear from Meg Clothier, journalist and author of The Girl King, a novel about Queen Tamar of Georgia. Meg will be at Foyles on Friday March 7th (6pm start) discussing her book with our own Jean Burnett who is a long-time member of the Bristol…
It has been a busy few months since our launch in October with Bristol Women Writers members taking parts in lots of events around the Bristol area as well as knuckling down to get on with our own writing projects. (Yes, we write stuff too!) But now we’re ready to ‘go public’ again with a…
Sally Hare gives her advice on what – and what not – to expect if you’re brave enough to take up the Nanowrimo challenge. Remember, remember, the first of November … I wonder if you, like me, feel a certain restlessness at this time each year? As late summer warmth turns to autumnal bluster,…
Jenni O’Connor, novelist, haiku poet, journalist and copywriter, is also mother to Zoe, aged four. Here she muses on the unlikely fusion between writing and parenting. “Children and writing don’t mix.” So said one famous male writer, whose name escapes me, presumably as he hastened to the haven of his oak-panelled study, slamming the door to shut…
Today’s post is by Jean Burnett. As well as writing historical novels, Jean has a penchant for the gothic. Her short story for Unchained is ‘The Judge’s Chair’ which takes place in the famous Bristol Room of the Central Library. Thought for the day – “A clever woman is like a long tailed sheep. She’ll fetch no better…