Get to know… Carys Shannon
Writing, nature, and creativity have always been the through lines of my life, but it wasn’t easy to claim my voice as a writer. I didn’t...
Category: Short fiction
Get to know… Ruth Beecher
Writing Room has been a rock for me during very difficult times and circumstances. I am originally from Jamaica. I am a writer and I...
Get to know… Kathryn Bodenham
I was a reader, not a writer - all kinds of genres, all kinds of authors. But there were words in me. I could feel...
Get to know… Philip Palios
The reason I write is another thing that changed this year. Deep in the ‘core belief’ file I threw out my idea of changing people...
Get to know… Tony Lee
I used to think I ran the planet and when I stopped, wondered how the world might get on without me (to be fair, not...
Get to know… Yasmin Jefferies
One of the best metaphors I know for telling stories and making sense of the world comes from looking at stars in the night sky....
Get to know… Jan Woolf
Currently pre-occupying me though is the run of my play, Blood Gold and Oil, which opens this Tuesday (25 April) at Gatehouse Theatre Highgate. I...
Get to know… Ralph Levinson
I had previously attended a few sessions at the City Lit but Writing Room has been a revelation. Love it. Thanks Kate, Alison, Paul, Kiare,...
Get to know… George Ayliffe
Often, we debate: do you prefer the film or the book? Recently, Frank Herbert’s Dune was given the cinematic treatment. A quick internet search gives...
Get to know… Manjula Datta
The idea of writing Flash Fiction, as something new, attracted me. I enjoyed the course taught by Giovanna lozzi. It taught me how to write...