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Book Review: Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins
This is a superbly written novel with metaphoric intensity that is never overdone – ‘lying on her back like a tiny medieval knight on a tomb.’ ...
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How Do We Find The Right Stories? A blog by Mimi Thebo
Twelve years ago, I dreamed a dejected boy, under a tree, where grassy hills led to a dramatic mountain range. I watched him build his ...
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The Penguin Publishing Roadshow came to Bristol
A hot crowded room in the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. A table stacked with novels with a cosy alter-candle arrangement and behind them, Penguin tote ...
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The Novel Nights Podcast
We’ve long wanted to share Novel Nights experience with people who can’t make a live event. In these podcasts authors talk candidly about their writing ...
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Novel Competitions 2019
An overview of novel competitions across the UK with closing dates for submissions. Good luck Competition What they say Closing Date Website Link ...
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Sanjida Kay on her latest novel One Year Later
Two years ago we bought a house in Somerset in a remote, rural location. We spent the summer camping in the garden and dreaming about ...
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How to make your book stand out from the crowd Susanna Wadeson, Publishing Director, Transworld
Writers’ Showcase features Gerry Duffy, Jean Stewart and Sam Jenks Gerry Duffy’s novel: 1963; London’s East End. Ken, mixed-race, bi-sexual in that time and place, ...
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Review Writing a Novella-in-Flash & Writers’ Showcase
‘A novella in flash can only be as strong as its weakest story,’ said Michael Loveday the guest author at Novel Nights in May. This ...
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Pitching to an agent at CrimeFest by Merlin Goldman
Merlin Goldman read at January’s Writer’s Showcase. We asked him to blog about his experiences of pitching to a literary agent at CrimeFest I attended ...
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Book review of Melanie Golding’s ‘Little Darlings’
Our guest book review is by Amanda Read. A creepy psychological thriller shot through with dark folklore. Lauren is convinced a strange woman is out ...
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Novel Nights receives Arts Council Funding
Novel Nights is thrilled to announce that we have received Arts Council funding this year. This work will support writing masterclasses, expand our reach into ...
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Review of Novel Night’s First Ever Open Mic
Reading in front of an audience can be nerve-wracking and most novelists never get a chance to do it unless they’ve been published. At Novel ...