creative writing 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,…

09 Sep

Book Launch: Scribbles from The Seaside

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken WordBlackpool, creative writing, Grumpy Girl Graphics, Nathan Parker, Northern Wit, Spoken Word

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Where were you on the 8th of September 2022 when The Queen passed? The now famous date will be etched into many's memories - and for me, I was at The Scribbles from The Seaside book launch listening and looking at all things northern on Blackpool promenade. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="35908" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The invitation into a cosy room at The Art B&B situated behind The Metropole Hotel on Blackpool promenade to experience the Scribbles from The Seaside book launch was not to be missed – especially after I did indeed miss the launch event at Bootleg Social Club last week. Nathan Parker…

16 Nov

Linda Hampton offers a “Write at Home” opportunity for at home writers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Opportunitiescreative writing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Linda Hampton is an actor, singer, scriptwriter, and theatre director. In this Blackpool Social Club article, she tells us more about her latest project: "Write at Home". [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tell us a bit about you. Linda: I have always written creatively from angst-ridden poetry as a teenager and beyond, to play scripts in my career as an actor and drama teacher, to more recently publishing two books during the pandemic- namely Wish You Were Here Seaside Stories-a collection of short stories for children and The Art Worms on Imagination Street- a quirky and absurdist illustrated book about Art and Creativity, with…

11 May

Sky Writes Blackpool: Take your work from page to screen

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Local Newscreative writing, television, writers, writing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sky Writes is a new project from Sky Studios and New Writing North that is making steps towards diversifying the pool of television writers in the UK - and it's coming to Blackpool. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sky Writes is a new talent development programme which seeks to identify and nurture television writers from under-represented groups who are based in the North of England. They're inviting anyone interested in developing their writing to apply a our free 6 session Sky Writes course, also led by writer in residence Carrie Mitchell and programme producer Chandan Shergill which will run from June-October 2021.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] There will be six…

13 Jul

Seaside special – postcards from the edge

Clancy0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Wordbluemoose books, competition, creative writing, independent

There is an exciting opportunity for five new writers to be published in a short story collection alongside award winning writers Andrew Michael Hurley, Carys Bray, Paul Kingsnorth, Peter Kalu and Kirsty Logan. Bluemoose Books are looking for stories from new writers and new voices for an anthology of short fiction set on the North West Coast edited by the award winning writer Jenn Ashworth. 'From the bright lights of Blackpool to the eerie calm of Morecambe bay, from the port of Whitehaven down to the dunes of Formby, we want your stories. We're interested in the untold tales: the seasonal workers, the overlooked…