Our Crime Writing: Happy Valley Special is back! Join bestselling crime writers and police consultants to the multi-award-winning BBC Drama, Happy Valley, as we unlock the secrets behind the script. 📝🔍

Early bird discount ends tomorrow!

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Our Resources Section aims to give you solid tips and advice to improve your writing from a wide range of authors

Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, scripts or poetry we hope that you will find articles here to guide and inspire you

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It's UK pub day for DISPERSALS! It's my first at my new home with Simon Prosser and I'm so thrilled with it. Many thanks to all who made this book possible - and to Josie Staveley Taylor for the utterly gorgeous cyanotype cover. Order your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/disper…

Dive into the enchanting world of YA fiction! Bestselling YA author, Lee Weatherly, explores the captivating genre of Romantasy and it's evolution in young adult literature.

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'Diversity on the page is intimately connected to diversity in terms of the workforce... if the people in senior roles in publishing are not diverse, that is going to affect which stories get heard.'

Loving this fab interview with Katherine Greenwood 🔥

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Want to write a Young Adult novel? Writer Dawn Brown tells us how our course made a difference. 🙌

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Don't know where to start with a novel idea? We can help! Join our 8-week course to delve into your story's core, fine-tune your premise and connect with your protagonist. By the end, you'll have a polished synopsis and enhanced writing skills.

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Northern Stage Karen Powell Eliza Clark (mostly offline) Northumbria Uni Arts Council England Okechukwu Nzelu Newcastle Hospitals Newcastle Hospitals Charity North of Tyne Combined Authority The Common Room The Word Northumberland Libraries North Tyneside Libraries Gateshead Libraries Channel 4 Channel 4Skills Showroom Cinema The Piece Hall Newcastle Libraries David Mark Laura Fish 💻 Take a professional online course with Professional Writing Academy.

You could develop your skills in screenwriting, crime fiction, life writing, short stories, writing for work, or YA fiction. Bursaries for residents of Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.

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'When you manage your time effectively, you’re essentially creating a writing routine that works for you and this not only helps refocus your vision as a writer – always a positive – but also develops your wider sense of discipline, too.'

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Finding yourself constantly repeating words? Worried your writing sounds, monotone, dull, monotonous, repetitive, dreary, tiresome, cumbersome or even just plain old boring?

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Thanks, Bristol Unscripted Network (BUNS) and BBC Studios Bristol for having us yesterday!

Here’s John answering audience questions about narrative structure in factual storytelling, from documentaries to podcasts📽️

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Want to empower writers in your community? Join our Running Writing Workshops course starting April 22nd. Over six weeks, you'll learn the ins and outs of workshop facilitation, from group dynamics to ethical considerations. Book your place today.

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Master the essentials of point of view, character creation and setting with expert guidance and much, much more. 📝

Our Fiction Foundations 6-week course, starting 22 April, provides the essential groundwork for writing fiction. Sign up today.

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Make 2024 the year you:

📚Finish your novel
📺Develop your talent in film and TV
🎮Write a compelling video game story
📢Deliver the perfect pitch

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📣Calling unagented novelists and children’s authors,
our two £5,000 writing prizes are open for entries!
The #BathNovelAward24 (A/YA) is open until 31 May
The #BathChildrensNovelAward24 (YA/MG/CB/PB) is open until 30 Nov.
Head to bathnovelaward.co.uk for all the info.

We're thrilled to announce that the Penny Batchelor ADCI bursaries have been awarded to Romily and James! They will be joining our Fiction Foundations course soon. A huge thank you to everyone who applied and of course, to Penny Batchelor - Author for her support. 🙌✨

Plot, plan, and execute the perfect murder investigation under the guidance of former detective Graham Bartlett 🇺🇦🇺🇦. 🔍

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There’s just time to sign up for this fab online course with New Writing North I’ll be popping along to be interviewed by Vaseem Khan as a book club guest! #soexcited 📚🗡️ Canelo Crime #amwriting #CrimeFiction Anne Williams Professional Writing Academy

We're thrilled Vaseem Khan is tutoring the April edition of our Crime Fiction course. He says, ‘Writing is part science, part alchemy, part passion.'

Spend 5-weeks learning key craft skills and mastering the art of suspense. Sign up today. 👇

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Great to be working with Vaseem Khan on this Writing Crime Fiction course. Still places left if you want to join us!