Writing Workshop Day at Ashley Court

Three events at Ashley Court within the day perfect for aspiring writers. Spaces are Limited.

Kate Lord Brown 10.30-12.30

BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE: five key steps to creating the historical novel you've always wanted to write. Bestselling author Kate Lord Brown will guide you through a 'MA in a morning' creative writing workshop.

Lunch 12.30 -2.00

Vanessa de Haan

Historical Writing Workshop 2.00-4.00, 

Harper Collins author, Vanessa de Haan, discusses the challenges and the joys of writing about the past, with some practical tips and a chance to have a go, inspired by the wonderful backdrop of Ashley Court.

Tea 4.30

How to get published 5.00-6.30

All writers know how hard it is to get published, and what a lonely business it can be. At Ashley Court, three Devon writers (members of the same writing group,) will share their experiences of the rocky road to publication.

Anna Lunk, Yaara Lahav Gregory and Sophie Pierce have all published books in the last year, following different routes to market. They will talk about their three very different books – two novels and a memoir – and the different ways they managed to get them published.

Yaara’s Night Swimming in the Jordan (Cinnamon Press) is a coming of age novel set in 1970s Israel, but which also incorporates life in Devon. Anna’s novel Amie’s Rest (Buzzard Press) is the story of a young girl navigating life on her own after being in care, while Sophie’s memoir The Green Hill: Letters to a Son (Unbound) is about the sudden death of her son Felix, and the role of the Devon landscape in her journey of grief.

In this fascinating talk, we’ll cover:

The support a writers’ group gives Keeping going amidst all the rejection The different routes to publication and how they work Promotion and social media Why we write and desire to be read