Perhaps, it’s obvious, but when you are writing a book, you must think about your readers. Ask yourself who will…
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LWC July speaker announced: Marie Phillips
Our July speaker will be the lovely Marie Phillips author of bestseller Gods Behaving Badly. Check out her blog: The Woman Who…
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Blood, murder and a dead Russian poet: 14 suspects are rounded up for the Theakstons crime novel of the year award.…
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Kate Atkinson (author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum) tells Hay Festival she’d rather not be a published…
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Sceptre will encourage readers to try David Benioff’s novel City of Thieves by offering them the chance to swap it…
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John Williams is a creative business consultant and founder of the successful Scanners night. Kirsty and Jacq worked with John…
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Could you shorten your book into a 140-character Tweet for Twitter? Great classics are being reduced to haiku-like synopses. Some examples:…
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Mark Twain and Truman had to write lying down. Ernest Hemingway sharpened fifty or so pencils before he started. Willa Cather…
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Macmillan New Writing is the Pan Macmillan imprint dedicated to discovering new novelists in all genres. They are one of the…
Learn MoreWouldn’t it be great to know the secrets of writing bestselling books? Our May speaker, bestselling fiction writer, Matt Whyman…
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