author Archives - Blackpool Social Club

01 May

Linda Hampton shares debut novel Sailing to the Moon

Linda Hampton0 CommentsGuide, Literature & Spoken Wordauthor, books, creative writing, library, literature, local author, novel, tea amantes

Blackpool author, Linda Hampton muses on the hurdles and bumps in the road that must be navigated to write and publish a book, and invites you to find out more about Sailing to the Moon, her debut novel that took her five years to finish. After five long years of swinging between getting on with it and sheer procrastination, and many, many life events that made it difficult for me to just write, I finished my debut novel, Sailing to the Moon. Sailing to the Moon is a story about the invisible ties that connect two people over a lifetime,…

01 Aug

Blackpool nature writers showcased this Wednesday

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Literature & Spoken Wordauthor, book, books, environment, literature, nature, writers, writing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Litfest’s New Writing Northwest has given emerging talent the opportunity to work with established writers over the spring and summer. There were four strands including Poetry, Fiction and Translation. The final one, Nature & Environment Writing, comes to a conclusion with a free reading this Wednesday featuring two authors with a Blackpool connection. Michelle Allwood was born in the resort, before moving to London. After working for the BBC, she is now at the BFI. She is dyslexic and neuro-diverse, and holds a BA and MA in Literature & Creative Writing. She is currently planning a PhD, focussing on…

24 Sep

OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesArt, artist, author, Blackpool, books, callout, community, illustration, photographer, photography, poetry, zine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1 Everything not saved will be lost DEADLINE Friday 25 September 2020 Submissions are open for the first issue of the Blackpool Social Club Zine. We welcome contributions from artists and creatives of all backgrounds and all experience levels who live in an FY postcode area. The first issue will be available from early October 2020 online or from a number of Blackpool venues, costing a suggested donation of £2-3 to help cover production costs. Contributors will be paid for their work at a flat rate of £30. Please note that this isn’t…

17 Aug

Guest Blog: Ashley Lister’s new book Blackstone Towers – My self-publishing journey

David Simper0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Local Newsauthor, book, fiction, horror, local, lockdown, self-publishing, supernatural

By way of introduction, I should begin by saying my name is Ashley Lister: I lecture at Blackpool & Fylde college; I write horror fiction and some exceptionally ribald poetry. When the UK lockdown occurred, I was in a fortunate position. I lecture in creative writing and this was something I could continue to do remotely, from home, without the worry of contributing to the rising death rates. I was also fortunate in that working from home meant I had extra time on my hands because I didn’t have to commute to work, or worry about socialising, or do a…

10 Aug

Twitter Book Club: Book of the Month

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Local Newsauthor, book, fiction, library

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool Libraries have been having fun with their weekly online book club, but now they're trying something a little bit different. Later this month, they will be hosting a ‘Book of the Month’ event. This monthly Twitter Book Club will be based on a single book, and it'll be accompanied with a live online author event. Now you’ll be able to read the book, discuss it with other readers, and then hear the author’s perspective and ask them your questions.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Online book club Blackpool Libraries' Twitter Book Club was born on World Book Night in 2014, inspired by a fervent desire…

06 Aug

The Rise of an Author: An Interview with Nathan Parker

Blackpool Social Club1 CommentLiterature & Spoken Wordauthor, story, writing, written word

Following the success of his first two novels The Disappearance of Timothy Dawson and The Rise of the Chemist, Abby McClaughlan speaks to Nathan Parker about writing, his upcoming projects and how he hopes to engage our local youth in all things literary in Blackpool. Q. Tell me more about yourself and how you decided to pursue a writing career A. As a kid, I always had a fondness for writing at school. I always liked reading, but there was a void of reading in my teenage years. I had lots going on, confidence issues, and I probably should have been reading…

27 Jul

Rob Lock, Flying High with ‘Murmurations’. Book Launch Interview.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Local Newsauthor, Blackpool, book signing, books

I caught up with Rob, a familiar face around Blackpool, as he works as a press photographer across the Northwest. But this year his forty three year old dream as been realised, a book publication based on the metaphor of bird murmurations, Blackpool being one of the best places to view these amazing spectacles. It crossed my mind how the written word draws common themes with the visual language of photography, so it is no surprise that one of Rob's long term ambitions of writing a novel has been met. Rob said: I have been a professional photographer for over thirty…