Thanks to all the wonderful people who have talked, tweeted or written about us (not to mention all those who sent something in) we are delighted to announce our line-up for Sunday 21st which looks like being as spinetingling (in a slightly different way) as our November event. Our readers will be (not necessarily in this…
February seems a long way off but we’re delighted to confirm Southbank Club is booked for another of our story events on Sunday February 21st. Like last time (described by Claire in this blog post) we’ll be inviting local writers to submit short fiction of up to 1500 words to be read on the night. Theme?…
Claire Snook who lives in South Gloucestershire and is currently finishing a second novel, reports back on two of the many recent live events in Bristol- including our own! Something special seems to be going on in Bristol at the moment. There’s never been a better time to be a writer in the city with…
In the second in our series of posts on the theme of Unchained, we’re welcoming award-winning historical novelist Margaret Skea. I really love how Margaret creates absolute authenticity (fuelled by meticulous research) without ever burdening the reader or losing sight of the plot, which in the case of A House Divided is a real roller-coaster…
We’re delighted that a bunch of us got to the Book Bazaar in the Green Lab on Saturday and Sunday to have some good fun and share the wise words with local authors and publishers. Here’s old friend Nina who came from Wales to join us and you can check our Facebook page for a…
Let us tell you a story Yes, as you may have heard our new and improved Sunday Night Stories get-together WILL take place on Nov 1st from 6 – 8 pm when you can snuggle up in the bar at Southbank Club Bedminster and let our members and guests make you shiver or smile with their spine-tingling…
I ran into Chris Hill on Twitter and having read his intriguing literary novel Song of the Sea God (reviewed here) I was surprised to notice his second novel (see below) is lad-lit. Today he’s kicking off a series of guest posts on how writing can be unchained by an event, an idea, or in…
STOP PRESS! The bad news is we’re postponing this event until Sunday November 1st. The good news is we’re beefing up the programme to have more readers, writers and tingling of spines. Apologies for anyone who’s disappointed over next Sunday but we hope to see you on the new date. Details coming soon!
We’ve spent most of the last year toiling away at our writing desks, but with September and that new term feeling upon us we’ve decided it’s time to get out and about again. Our aim is to meet more writers, help more writers, and, yes, find new audiences for our work. First of all we’re delighted to…
Here we are at Corsham Creative Market. Brisk business so far with sales of Alison, Jean and Shirley’s novels. Do join us if you’re in the area Springfield Centre, Corsham free entry until 4pm!