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Sep 43 min read

Swanwick 75 Years on.

Many years ago when I first attended The Writers' Summer School that meets each August at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire,...

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Aug 74 min read

What Swanwick Means to Me

I suppose I should start this article with a disclaimer because, in reality it is mis-titled. Swanwick is a little village in Derbyshire...

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May 227 min read

An Interview with Tracey Holland

It is a pleasure to introduce Tracey Holland to the blog. Tracey is a debut novelist whose first book Faith's Folly in her Willowbrooke...

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Jul 26, 20232 min read

Why Attend a Writing School or Retreat?

I was doing a bit of thinking - my better half always wonders how much this will cost him - and it was to cost, or perhaps value that my...

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Jun 21, 20234 min read

Remembering My First Impressions of the Writers' Summer School at Swanwick

I originally heard about The Writers' Summer School from fellow writers at The Largs Writers Group to which I was introduced by the late,...

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