Creative Writing Courses

Writing a script? Read this…

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Cath Bore - Liverpool Writer About Town, has many writing hats. She writes for Hello magazine in her blog The Full Picture. She writes scripts, musicals and crime novels, and has a regular guest spot on various local radio stations. Anyway, here’s a blog post of Cath’s that might be of interest if you are a writer seeking advice on writing a treatment.

 

Read all about it

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Here’s a link to the stories and biographies of the shortlisted entries for the Manchester Fiction Prize. Bet they’re all very excited to have been chosen.

 

Haruki Murakami short(ish) story

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Town of Cats: this delightful short story is featured in The New Yorker. Enjoy!

 

The 100 most beautiful words in English (apparently)

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

 

Saw this link on Twitter and thought it was quite interesting. It is American though, so the definition of a bungalow as being ” A small, cozy cottage” is not, I imagine, how most English people would describe one.

Here’s the link

 

New writing & reading installation

Friday, June 17th, 2011
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Very interesting concept…

 

 

Free Kindle Books

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

If you have a Kindle or an iPad, snap up some fab free books courtesy of Amazon. Happy reading!

 

Volunteer Bursary for an Inspiring Writer at the Arvon Foundation

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Grants for volunteers

An anonymous writer, who has benefitted from several Arvon courses, would like to enable others to have the same experience. The donor will provide a yearly amount which will enable one person working in the voluntary sector to attend an Arvon writing course for a greatly reduced fee. To apply you must currently volunteer either full or part time within a charity or voluntary organisation. Applications will not be accepted from professional writers or those already making a living from writing.

To apply for this grant you should download our Grant Application pack (pdf, 357kB), which also includes details of our grants for those on low incomes. [Read more...]

 

David Dennehey’s Poem

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Check out David’s fab poem written during the Reel Surreal course.

 

Chestnut Calligram by Caroline May

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

A poem by Caroline, written when on the Reel Surreal creative writing course.

 

Liam’s Video – Up High

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
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