YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @DFB_storyhouse Oct 25 / winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & @wellslitfest Book for Children 23 / RLF Fellow 24-26
✨NEW BLOG POST🖤 YA author @SpareWriter shares invaluable advice on the writing process and her top tips for aspiring writers.
Plus, find out how she wrote 'A Beautiful, Terrible Thing' - and its journey from first draft to publication! @DFB_storyhouse
https://t.co/OzAicnbIWH
Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important.
#Shakespeare#ianmckellen#stevencolbert
Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change. https://t.co/lISD5tmyyr
'It can be an excellent exercise in forcing you to polish those words to a gloss Mr Sheen would be proud of.'
Debut author Miranda Moore discusses how entering competitions helped her hone her craft.
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Read: https://t.co/uzdiCdlrE5
Our Debut Author of the Month, @SpareWriter is a stunning new voice in contemporary fiction.
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing is a powerful and compelling story of love, loss, and the fragility of life.
Read our Q&A with Miranda to learn more:
https://t.co/TrkXiCXknI
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Worth a read: 'Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back.' – Robert Reich, Guardian
https://t.co/lbM4PAX30e
Just booked to see big Bri @ProfBrianCox next Oct! Imagine being that brilliant that you're getting booked up a year in advance! Dead excited for this. Went to his Horizons tour a few years back and it blew my mind (in the very best way). 🤯 Marvellous! 🙌
https://t.co/gwCfOzhcUz
@annlittler Yup! 💯 And absolutely worth every one of those minutes to get those details bang on.
And yup! Mid Aug. And we finish up end June for the summer hols! Any other questions, ask away (I'm in the Scottish Borders). 😊
A YA for Adults Book Club. Brilliant! 🙌 Thanks Edinburgh Bookshop for selecting my novel for this month's read. Hope you find lots of stimulating discussion points. 🙏
We have 4 copies of the outstanding debut YA novel #ABeautifulTerribleThing by @sparewriter to #win!
For the chance to follow Cara & Nathan through their grief and love in this tragic, compelling, immersive dual narrative story…
RT & Flw by Nov 7
#WRDMagComp@DFB_storyhouse