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| Stella Whitelaw, Writer, Lois Maddox, Writer & Organiser,Alison Chisholm, Poet & Writer |
Our Course Leaders are all published authors,
experienced teachers and qualified guides. They either live in the area or fly out from the UK to lead a specific course.
They run courses in the UK during the year,
broadcast on TV and Radio, organise courses on cruises and write for specialist magazines.
On occasions, due to unforeseen circumstances,
such as illness or bereavement, we have to replace the Tutor at short notice, but we guarantee to maintain the high standards
of the course.
The workshops are programmed to helping
you with your writing, painting and photography. The Walking Guides live locally and know the area well and you walk
everyday.
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| Jean Saunders & Lois Maddox |
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Jean Saunders is one of our leading authors in
Romantic Fiction and a regular columnist inShort Story Writing for 'Writing Magazine.' Jean
has published 103 novels, hundreds of short stories, 'How to' books and many articles on writing for our
leading writing magazines. Jean also writes under the name of Rowena summers and Rachel Moore.
She is an excellent tutor.
Her courses are informal and friendly.
Her workshops will cover plots, scenes, characters
and dialogues. If you have started a novel or are polishing a story, you will receive constructive feedback on your
writing style.
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| Mike Hoskins - Painter - Course Leader |
Mike Hoskins has run art workshops
and demonstrations for many years. Although mainly self-taught, he studied art through ARCA and is a member of the SAA.
His paintings have won prizes in various exhibitions.
Mike is a calm and enthusiastic
teacher, who will guide you and help you produce examples of techniques demonstrated on the course.
Mike's delightful painting
'Bougainvillea' illustrates our Art's Brochure.
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| Stella Whitelaw Author &Course Leader |
Stella Whitelaw is an award
winning published novelist and tutors courses in creative writing. Stella was the first female chief reporter (and the youngest0
in London. She was Secretary of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, House of Commons till July 2002.
Now a full time writer, concentrating on crime
fiction and short stories for magazines, Stella has over 37 books published by leading Publishing Houses,
6 crime stories, 8 cat anthologies and 3 'How to ...' books on writing techniques.
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| Roy Devereux - Writer & Course Leader |
Roy Devereux is a freelance
writer, specialising in leisure features for magazines. He has been researching his family history for some six years
and is a regular contributor to 'Your Family Tree' magazine.
Roy has extensive teaching
experience as a Course Director at the Civil Service College and was, for some years, a tutor for the Open University.
He has also contributed courses at the Writers' Summer School at Swanwick.
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| Alison Chisholm - Writer & Poet - Course Leader |
Alison Chisholm is an award-winning
poet who has had over 600 poems published in magazines, anthologies and eight collections, or broadcast by BBC Radio Network
Northwest /Channel 4 TV.
Alison has written textbooks
on aspects of creative writing and the Writers' Bureau poetry correspondence course, for which she is the tutor. She
teaches creative writing and writing poetry in Adult Education, gives talks and readings, adjudicates competitions and is
poetry correspondent for 'Writing Magazine' and 'Writers' News.'
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Mari Nicholson is an Award Winning
Journalist with many Travel Writing Articles and Short Stories to her credit. She illustrates her articles with her
own photographs and will encourage you to do the same.
Mari's workshops help you achieve
your writing potential. They are based on having fun, using excercises, studying the markets and what magazines want
from you.
You will have time to relax, enjoy the company of like-minded
people and produce work that may be just what your favourite magazine wants!
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| Mari Nicholson -Award Winning Journalist |
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Roger Sanderson is a
successful author and experienced Course Leader in demand at various Creative Writing Centres in the UK and abroad.
Since taking early retirement he has written forty-two Romantic novels and is now writing four each year. He is a Committee
member of the Romantic Novelists Association. He believes firmly that writing is a craft
rather than an art and that crafts can be taught.
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| Roger Sanderson signing books |
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Stewart Weir is an excellent
course leader and has photographed major UK conferences, sporting events and has travelled extensively throughout the world.
His photographs have been published in all the leading newspapers and magazines. He has also been commissioned to produce
images for 27 books.
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| Geraldine O'Neill Author Course Leader |
Geraldine O'Neill is a published
novelist and tutors courses in creative writing. She was born in Scotland. She taught in Newcastle-on-Tyne where
she met her future husband Mike Brosnahan. They live in Southern Ireland today with their two children.
Geraldine has published five novels
and her 6th is due out soon. An enthusiastic tutor running workshops and residential courses in the UK and in Europe,
she has won a number of awards for her short stories and poems.
If you want to finish that novel, Geraldine will certainly
motivate you to do so!
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Siobhan Curham is a published author
with four books published with major publishing houses before taking the decision to self publish. She is a journalist
and popular course leader on many projects. She is a regular contributor to national press and women's magazines.
Her workshops are informal and fun. Siobhan's next UK Weekend course on 'Self
Publishing made Simple' is on 8-10 May 2009 at High Leigh in Herts.
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