Thank you to the very lovely people at Bracknell & Wokingham College for posting this on their website about little ol’ me doing a spot of creative writing teaching for them.

I was recently asked to judge Wokingham Library’s Poetry Competition for National Poetry Day and soon discovered that being asked to judge a poetry competition is a two-edged sword. What is marvellous about it is being lucky enough to read the entries, to have an insight into the innermost thoughts of the poets, whether these […]

At a recent lunch with some very lovely writers and between courses of salad and soft drinks (because writers don’t drink or eat pudding!), we were brainstorming the plot of one of our novels. The author whose novel it was had a pretty good idea of her main characters, the setting for her novel, its […]

(Warning! This blog contains plot spoilers)   I have just read ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’ by Richard C. Morais and a very pleasant experience it was too. The book was nice to hold, the font was pleasing, the writing was smooth and assured, the story had a flavour of realism to it which was satisfying, the […]