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‘Writers’ Workout’ falls on 2nd anniversary!

Vicky — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:23:06 +0000

I’m offering places for The Writers Workout at a 15 % discount to celebrate the fact this workshop falls almost exactly on the two-year anniversary of the very first London Writing Workshops event (pictured left), which took place on May 24, 2008 . Since then, there have been another 12 workshops, attended by more than 100 people in total, quite a few coming back more than once.

I’ve learned an enormous amount in these two years and I’ve met some lovely people, some of whom have subsequently had short stories published, one has been longlisted for the Bridport Prize, and another has secured a literary agent. But for me this comment – from someone who came on the short story workshop last September – really sums up what it’s all about: ‘Somehow, seeing the variety and quality of what other people – and you yourself – can come up with on the spur of the moment, restores one’s faith in the human ability to be immensely creative’. Hear, Hear, to that!

Kathy Page’s new novel forthcoming in April

Vicky — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:41:49 +0000

Kathy Page’s new novel, The Find, will be published in Canada on the 8th of April.The Find is set in British Columbia, where Kathy has lived since 2001. It tells the story of Anna Silowski, a palaeontologist, who leads a team excavating a prehistoric creature discovered in a remote part of BC, and Scott, a young local man who is drafted in to work on the project, and on whom Anna comes to rely. It’s a book about choice and possibility, and how a seemingly ‘impossible’ relationship, against all odds, transforms the lives of two people.

Kathy will be co-teaching with me on the weekend of March 13th and 14th in London, and she will also be the Writer in Residence for the Invisible Threads project at Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts in Northants, during March.

Places still available for November 14th

Vicky — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:54 +0000

There are still spaces on The Writers’ Workout workshop on November 14th. Come along and blow away the cobwebs with a day of challenging and inspiring writing exercises. See Workshop page for more details.