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Creative Writing Classes in Wivenhoe

Creative Writing Classes, run by Petra McQueen, a published writer with twenty years experience.

CONTACT: Petra McQueen on [email protected] or on 01206 822956 or 07913255442

Now taking bookings for after Easter 2016.

(03/16)

Self-Publishing Magazine launches exclusively online on Monday 11th April 2016.

This free online resource continues where the print magazine left off in December. Previously published quarterly in print, Self-Publishing Magazine is being relaunched in digital format, giving readers fresh, relevant content on a regular basis.

The magazine carries features and comment on all aspects of self-publishing, from production to digital, marketing to distribution, and it already has a huge archive of relevant information published in the print magazine over the last ten years. Regular contributors from the world of self-publishing will examine issues facing authors, and features will look at the nuts and bolts of self-publishing.  

selfpublishingmagazine.co.uk/

(04/16)

It's that time again … when those good and enterprising folk at Sabotage Reviews organise their Saboteur awards for indie literature, including lots of live poetry accolades.

We at Write Out Loud always keep you in touch with the progress of the awards, from first nominations, to announcements of the shortlists, to reporting of the awards night.  This year a new category has been added … the Wild Card, for something that doesn't fit any of the previous categories, but nevertheless deserves a mention.

This year a kind soul has nominated Write Out Loud for the Wild Card award. Could it be for our poetry news, or our reviews, or our blogged poems, Gig Guide event listings, poetry directory - or a combination of those things, we wondered. Although we unpaid volunteers at Write Out Loud are unaccustomed to blowing our own trumpets too often, we just thought some of you out there who appreciate what we do might want to recognise it in this way.

There's also a slot for best reviewer of poetry/spoken word - can we just mention the names of some of our regular reviewers - such as Greg Freeman, Julian Jordon, Frances Spurrier, Laura Taylor and Judy Gordon - as ones you might like to consider as well?

(04/16)

Creative Writing Summer Programme 2016

31 July – 13 August 2016

Programme Director: Professor Jem Poster

This programme builds on a rich literary tradition at Cambridge: it is designed for participants who wish to develop their existing writing skills. Elements will focus on the writing of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, in a range of genres and styles. Course Directors – all established writers – will set practical writing tasks, and guide students in critical reflection on their own work and that of their fellow students, as well as on the work of published writers.

Read more HERE

(06/16)

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Conference

20th anniversary

19th - 20th November 2016

Keynote speakers: David Almond, Leigh Hodgkinson and Sarah Davies  .

The theme of the conference is 'Cracking Characters'. Delegates will be able to participate in a weekend packed full of speeches and workshops including villains, heroes, comic characters and series fiction, as well as the opportunity to participate in 'The Hook' - SCBWI's very own version of Dragons' Den.

scbwi.org/conference2016/

(08/16)