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Previous Festivals

21st September 2024
Victoria House, Leamington Spa

Competition Judges

  • Sue Burke (Fiction)

  • Beth Brooke (Poetry)

  • Gwyneth Box (CNF)

Speakers & guests

  • Kit de Waal, author

  • James Catchpole, agent & publisher

  • Billy Ivory, script writer

  • Anne Harrison, author

  • May Vaughan, WYPL

  • Dave Musson, author

  • Sue Law, author

  • Jacci Gooding, author

  • Sheila Robinson (S C Skillman), author

  • Alison May, author

Workshops

  • Travel writing with Simon Whaley

  • Poetry with Gwyneth Box

  • Script writing with Billy Ivory

  • Dream author with Sophie Hannah

  • Novel writing with Alison May

23rd September 2023
Harbury

Competition Judges

  • Victoria Mier (Fiction)

  • Emily Hunt (Poetry)

  • Gwyneth Box (CNF)

Speakers & guests

  • Dr Clair Millington, author

  • Emily Hunt, WYPL

  • Erin Green, author

  • Louise Boland, Fairlight books

  • Gabrielle Mullarkey, author

  • Celia Rees, author

Workshops

  • Presentation & performance skills for authors with Gwyneth Box

  • Finding the funny with Fran Hill

  • Creative non-fiction with Alison Morris & Poppy Sall

  • Entrepreneurial skills for self-published authors with Melissa Addey

24th September 2022
Fenny Compton

Speakers & guests

  • Dan Wale, WYPL

  • Bea Hitchman, author

  • Jeremy Atkins, Fernhurst Books

  • Joanne Stubbs, author

Workshops

  • Grammar with Hugo Kerr

  • Creating Compelling Characters with Jenefer Heap & Terri Daneshyar

  • Life writing with Cate West

  • Flash fiction & short stories with Audrey Niven

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