There are a couple of exciting events coming up this autumn, both of which I’m delighted to say I’ll be participating in.
The first of these is the Yeovil Literary Festival which will be taking place from the 19th – 22nd September this year. The brochure has just been made available and there are some very exciting events in the line-up. I’ve already booked my tickets to see Michael Morpurgo and if you are a budding writer yourself I can strongly recommend Margaret Graham’s writing workshops.
I’ve been booked up for three events. The first is on Friday 20th at 11am where I will be on a panel of past Yeovil Prize winners. We will be reading from our books and talking about how the Yeovil Prize has helped us on our journey to publication. This is particularly timely for me since Red Rock won the Western Gazette Award in 2010 and at the time of the festival will be in its first week as a published book!
The second and third events both take place on Sunday 22nd and will both be events for children. The first will be an interactive workshop at 11am – The First Manned Mission to Mars, when I will be taking the audience on an adventure to the Red Planet, and in the afternoon at 2pm I will be giving a talk on Cli-Fi – (Climate Change in kids fiction) and how my own experiences in the Arctic inspired the world I created in Red Rock.
You can find the brochure online here: http://app.southsomerset.gov.uk/pageflip/YLF/
I’m really excited by this – it will be my first Literary Festival as a published author. I can’t wait.
The second event is the Bridport Story Slam, taking place on Wednesday 16th October as part of the Bridport Open Book Festival. I’ve been invited to be one of the judges and I’m really looking forward to meeting other local authors and listening to the contenders stories. It sounds like it’s going to be a great evening of literature. More details and information on how to book a slot are available here: http://dorsetwritersnetwork.co.uk/events.htm
And in other nail biting news advance copies of Red Rock are now being sent out to reviewers. Danni, Gracie and Isaac are no longer just mine – they belong to everyone. And that is quite an overwhelming thought!
Good luck with the reviews, you're just ahead of me! The cover for Red Rock looks beautiful, I'm looking forward to buying a copy for my daughter (and reading it myself!). I'd be interested in hearing how the story slam goes, we're hoping to do something like that here next year. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rebecca, I'll give you a full report. The story slam sounds like it's going to be great fun! :-)
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