Amina Lesley Mottley

Made in Manchester, with international ingredients. Writer of books set in M/C, Hoping to one day write for telly.Writing parts for grown women is my speciality

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

@labour2702 Now I'm crying....😂😂😂

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

@QTarantino_ I'm nearly 63, I've just achieved a 1st class degree in English and Creative Writing. It's never too late. You have three decades on me - go write stories and tell them :)

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

@CWatUB @BoltonUni @UoBoltonEnglish @BoltonUniLib @Bolton_SU Well done all <3

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Lest we need reminding, here’s a cutting from The Daily Mail in 1938.

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

@CWatUB @BenWilko85 @BoltonUni @MCRCityofLit @BoltonUniLib @thesixthformB6 @TurtonSixthForm @HolyCrossBury @Bury_College @BoltonCollege Best decision I ever made was to do this course.

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

They convinced me. Bring it on third year. Gonna be 63 and I'll have a degree (Not writing like this I won't :D )

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

@ElaineWITV @FortaliceBolton It was lovely to meet you. I'm still gobsmacked at the win but I had a wonderful time.

[Elaine Willcox @ElaineWITV]

Wow what a night full of stars! Amina Ali got a standing ovation. She came to Bolton to escape domestic violence, she left school at 16 but is about to complete her degree & has will work at the fabulous @FortaliceBolton which gave her refuge. What an awesome women. #SOTCA22 👏

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

Live now!! An article about the tragedy of the Pendle Witches, written by Mags 📚

Mags has grown up in Bolton, and has always been fascinated by the darker side of Lancashire's history!

https://t.co/oRyNCIbd86 check it out here!

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

Our final article of the week has been published! A history of Bolton's very own Parish Church, written by Grace Soro 📚

The article details the demolition and re-construction of St Peter's in the years 1866-1871.

Read the article on our website, here! https://t.co/AH5o9hg1cQ

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

Here at the Victorian Bolton Research Project, we are dedicated to preserving the knowledge of the Lancashire area.

Next week, we will be taking a trip to @BoltonLMS to look through the Walt Whitman Archives, a very special honour which we are incredibly thankful for!

[Victorian Bolton @BoltonVictorian]

We have some brilliant articles being written up by the English and Creative Writing students here at the University!

Including a collection of transcribed poems from author Edna Baron, whose work was found in the Lancashire Authors Association Collection.

Watch this space👀

[The Bolton Review @TheBoltonReview]

FIVE DAYS TO GO!!! till submissions close for the 10th edition of The Bolton Review.
We are accepting Scripts - Fiction - Poetry - Flash writing - Art - Illustrations.
The only criteria is that you live or work in Bolton.

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

A bitch and a brew with Flo and Alice https://t.co/1Lq3a0cFOh via @YouTube

[Amina Lesley Mottley @mottley_a]

A bitch and a brew with Flo and Alice. https://t.co/soJ5s1WUyK via @YouTube

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[New Writing Showcase @ShowcaseUOB]

Today is World Book Day! Let us know your favourite book in the comments and it may becomes someone else's favourite! #WorldBookDay @TheBoltonReview @BoltonUni @UOB_StuServ @CWatUB @UoBLibServices

[James Longman @JamesAALongman]

We are in downtown Moscow where hundreds are protesting against the Ukraine invasion. Arrests. A large police presence. It takes a special kind of bravery to protest in Putin’s Russia - especially on the day he sends his country to war.