A festival dedicated to equipping new or rising writers with the right panels, discussions, and workshops from well versed industry experts. All right in the center of beautiful Guildford, Surrey.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett Magical Realism panel Award-wining historian and novelist. Interview conducted by Beth Roberts. Lucy Hughes-Hallett is an award-winning historian and novelist, who is currently chairing the judging panel for the International Booker Prize. I caught up with Lucy to ask her about her 2019 short-story collection, Fabulous, her 2017 novel, Peculiar Ground and her … More Interview with Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Inua Ellams Magical Realism panel Poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer. Interview conducted by Beth Roberts. Inua Ellams is a Nigeria-born, London-based poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer, once described as the love child of Yasiin Bey and John Keats. I spoke to Inua to find out more about his poetic and dramatic … More Interview with Inua Ellams
Ruth Brandt Masterclass Creative writing tutor and prize-winning writer of novels, short stories, plays and poetry. Interview conducted by Laurs Oakley. As both a tutor and a writer, Ruth Brandt has a wealth of knowledge and skills at her fingertips. I was interested to find out how she came to writing and tutoring, and how … More Masterclass Interview with Ruth Brandt
Paul Vlitos & Collette Lyons Creative Collaborations Collette Lyons, author, journalist and editor. Dr Paul Vlitos, author and Lecturer. Pseudonym Ellery Lloyd, author of People Like Her. Interview conducted by Hilary Macey-Dare. People Like Her is the debut novel by husband-and-wife team, Dr Paul Vlitos and Collette Lyons, writing under the pseudonym of Ellery Lloyd. I … More Creative Collaborations Interview with Paul Vlitos & Collette Lyons
Theatre has been a part of my life since I was tiny. I fell in love with it watching Miss Hannigan in an amateur production of Annie; I must have been about 8. I was in the show too; well not really in–in the show – together with about 20 more children, we were a … More 30 Minutes to 30 Seconds: How to Use Length as a Device in Theatre- By Chiara Fumanti
Before we start, I’ll let you into a little secret… writing short fiction is hard. VERY hard. January 2020, (before you know what happened) a friend of mine sent me a link to a short story competition. She said I should give it a go, and why not! 3,000 words, how hard could it be? Well, to put it lightly, it was the very definition of … More How to Write Short Fiction (And How I Fell in Love with It) – By Laurs Oakley
Adaptation and the form of theatre have been around since the days of ancient Greece. It is a fluid and ever-changing process which allows art to be transformed into any medium. Growing up, I always had a fascination with the theatre, but no knowledge of adaptation. Either I would read the book and not watch … More Adapting from Page to Stage: The Flexibility of Stories- by Tenikah Beveney
Monica Suswin Wellbeing Writer. Author of A Fox Crossed My Path, Love & Loss, Rope Mates, and Shifting Boundaries Interview conducted by Gigi Bushell. I had the pleasure of e-meeting Monica Suswin who was one of our guest speakers at the Surrey New Writers Festival in 2020. I wanted to take the opportunity to catch-up … More Monica Suswin Catch-up Interview
Video games perhaps aren’t the first things that come to your mind when you’re asked to think of art or literature. In fact, many people I speak to about games writing seem unaware or even surprised that games can, and today often do, carry a narrative and artistic depth similar to or even surpassing cinematic, … More Game Writing’s No Game: Why Interactive Writing Isn’t Simple – by Leon Lynn
Beth Miller Author of The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright, The Two Hearts of Eliza Bloom, The Good Neighbour, When We Were Sisters, For the Love of The Archers and For the Love of Shakespeare. Interview with Sharron Green. I thoroughly enjoyed Beth’s talk at the Surrey New Writers Festival in 2020, just before we went … More Beth Miller Catch-up Interview
