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Back Along the Tracks – A historical fiction creative writing workshop celebrating 200 years of rail travel its thrills, dangers and romance. (Focusing on the Great Western Railway – GWR)

Newton Abbot Library – June the 9th. this is a fundraising workshop for the library. <newtonabbot.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk> A few suggestions for interesting background reading from a friend of the library volunteer <https://www.railwaystudies.org.uk/> : Branch Line Memories Vol 1 Great Western Railway by R. Hobbs. The great days of the GWR by David St John Thomas and… Read more »

Creative Writing Fun

When you are trying to encourage others to experiment with creative writing the fear of ‘failing’ or not creating a perfect piece can be a discouraging factor for aspiring writers. So, sharing pieces that you have created and are far from perfect is a way of enabling others to ‘have a go’ and not be… Read more »

Not historical fiction, but writing from 2010 – Secret Diary of Cherry Lockheart

Going to see the most recent Bridget Jones film made me remember all the fun that I had writing this spoof blog in 2010. Secret Diary of Cherry Lockheart a Corset Lover –Continued again Thursday Well, it took me all Wednesday to decide that Hunter hadn’t really winked at me, but it must be that… Read more »

Feedback from transforming the real life stories of local 19th century miners into fiction with a global appeal workshops

February and March 2025 – Feedback from transforming the real life stories of local 19th century miners into fiction with a global appeal workshops “Fascinating, as ever. Well-paced, plenty of time to think, and share, great hand-outs.” (K.W.) “Interesting, fast moving + confidence building.” (S.J.) “Very informative + entertaining. Excellent workshop.” (Anon participant) “Very useful…. Read more »

Two historical fiction creative writing workshops raising funds for libraries in Tavistock (Devon)

The Sabine Baring Gould – 2024 Short Story and Poetry Competition results

SBG24 WRITING COMPETITION RESULTS (4) For more information about writers in education check out: <https://www.nawe.co.uk/contact.html>

Courtly Quips for historical reenactments and entertainment by Gayla Groom

Gayla Groom explains that she is, “book editor; here’s my portfolio. I put this new book together by reading through five volumes of collections of “wit” from the 1700s and 1800s, on archive.org. None of these had ever been digitized, and some of them still used those s’s that look like f’s; the OCR… Read more »

Memoirs of a Harrow Childhood by Judith Davies

Judith, who lives in Tavistock, Devon has just published her Memoirs of a Harrow Childhood she explains that it, “took me on a journey into my past life, growing up in Harrow-on-the-Hill between 1943 and 1961 and my life as a daughter of a housemaster at Harrow School, a world-renowned boy’s public school founded… Read more »

Public Universal Friend – A debut historical novel by Jax Willoughby

Jax Willoughby, explains that her novel ‘Comfort’s Rebellion’ based on the Public Universal Friend and is available at <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN85SJQ9>. Jax believes that, “The Friend was America’s first genderfluid preacher, and a regionally known celebrity in New England in the late eighteenth century. I believe nonconforming people have been overlooked throughout history, and would welcome the… Read more »

Charles Dickens dead at his desk by Lyn Squire

Lyn Squire <https://www.lynsquiremysteries.com/> is the debut author of Immortalised to Death (Level Best Books, US, 2023). He was born in Cardiff, South Wales, but is now an American citizen living in Virginia. He explains that, “During a twenty-five-year career as a development specialist at the World Bank in Washington DC, he published over thirty articles… Read more »