Writing Magazine April 2020

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your desk

Get out of your garret for

some upcoming activities and

places to visit

42 APRIL 2020 http://www.writers-online.co.uk

WHAT’S ON

The author of acclaimed novel The

Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara

Collins leads a Spread Your Word

masterclass, Structuring and Editing

Your Novel, in London on 4 April.

Website: https://writ.rs/

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The acclaimed author

and cultural commentator

Rebecca Solnit will be

discussing her new memoir

about her formative years

as a writer and feminist

in San Francisco,

Recollections of My

Nonexistence, at Tyneside

Cinema on 31 March.

Website:

https://writ.rs/solnit

Writers considering

self publishing, head for the

8th Self-Publishing Conference at

the University of Leicester on 25

April. The one-day conference is the

UK’s only dedicated event for self

publishers, with workshops, panels,

seminars, and an

appearance by bestselling

author Sophie Hannah.

Website: https://

selfpublishingconference.org.uk/

A half-day workshop from
New Writing South for emerging
crime writers on 4 April in Brighton,
Delving into the Dark Side:
What Crime Writers Need to Know
About Research, with Sue Walker
demonstrates how effective research can
enhance all aspects of your crime writing,
from plotting and creating settings to
character development and more.
Website: https://writ.rs/darkside

Shelley Weiner leads a TLC Fiction

Masterclass, Finding Your Voice:

Putting It on the Page, Sustaining

Momentum, with particular emphasis

on opening and endings at the Free

Word Centre in London on 25 April.

Website: https://writ.rs/tlcpage

Poet Anita John will be leading

a Wildlife Writing Workshop

for RSPB Scotland Loch Leven

on 22 March for writers wanting

inspiration from the sights

and sounds of Loch Leven in

springtime.

Website: https://writ.rs/

writingwildlife

Back soon!

SPARK A

NEW IDEA!

G somewhere

you’ve never

been

A guided retreat

aims to unleash your creativity

at Plane Castle in Stirling from

3 to 5 April with yoga from

Braxton and writing guidance

from author Angie Spoto.

Website: http://www.yogaganesh.co.uk/

writingretreat

A guided retreat

aims to unleash your creativity

The author of acclaimed novel

Website: https://writ.rs/darkside

and cultural commentator