Tag Archives: Essex Libraries

Reviews and Ratings for Another Life

I’ve finally reached a total of thirty global ratings and reviews for Another Life. Many thanks to all who have purchased, reviewed or rated the book. The story of its creation will be the subject of my workshop, ‘Crafting a Speculative Novel’, at the Essex Authors Day to be held Saturday 11th June 2022, at […]

Good Feedback From Essex Authors Day 2020

In March, I hosted a discussion session at the Essex Authors Day, an event within the 2020 Essex Book Festival. I chose the title of ‘Using Familiar Landscapes to Inspire Fictional Locations’; the session was billed as follows: ‘An author-led discussion session to show and discuss how familiar features in the Essex countryside can be […]

Essex Book Festival 2020: Local Authors’ Day 7th March

I thoroughly enjoyed facilitating my discussion session at the Local Authors’ Day at Chelmsford Library, an event within the Essex Book Festival. I credit its success to the responsiveness and engagement by all of the attendees, who provided some excellent ideas for subjects and locations of novels. I offer special thanks to those who kindly […]

Essex Book Festival 2019: Essex Authors and You

Come along this coming Saturday 9th March to the Essex Authors and You day at Chelmsford library. From 10.00 to 16.00 local authors will be holding seminars and talks. Between 12.00 and 14.00 there are opportunities to chat informally with many of the writers on a one-to-one basis and to listen to them introduce themselves […]

Essex Authors’ Day, Chelmsford, Saturday 17th March 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed the Essex Authors’ Day, on Saturday 17 March at Chelmsford, Essex, library. An Essex Book Festival event, it featured over forty local writers giving talks, readings and ‘Meet The Author’ sessions. All presentations were free. My talk on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction’ was well-attended. I described a number of sub-genres and offered suggestions […]

Busy Working on My Seminar for the Essex Book Festival 2018

I am currently busy working on my presentation/seminar on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction’ at the Essex Authors’ Day, Saturday 17th March at Essex Libraries, Chelmsford, part of the Essex Book Festival. The session will be an interactive presentation and discussion of Speculative Fiction. I will give an outline of the genres and sub-genres, listing examples of the main […]

The Invisible College Trilogy: Two Years on…

This was indeed a proud moment when, two years ago, I received my five author’s copies of They Do Things Differently Here, book 1 of The Invisible College Trilogy. Over the past two years I have enjoyed many new experiences, including three appearances on BBC Essex Tony FisherLive, three more on Sarah Banham‘s Writer’s Block […]

Book Signing, Waterstones Colchester, Friday 2nd June

I thoroughly enjoyed my second book signing event at Waterstones Colchester High Street, on Friday 2nd June. I met many interested teens and parents and gained a good number of new readers of my The Invisible College Trilogy. Many thanks to all of you and to the helpful staff at Waterstones.