Follow the links below to Lancashire Writing Hub Interviews of North West Writers and Reviews of their work, plus Guest Articles full of helpful advice to help you develop your writing career, plus LWH Competition Winner profiles, and links to all our interviewers, reviewers, and website copywriters.

Further Resources for Writers, including helpful advice on the business end of writing, can be found in the Your Writing pages.

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Guest Articles by North West Writers

• Changing Times, Hidden Problems: Andrew Oldham discusses contemporary issues on getting published
• Keith Hoare with publishing advice for any serious and aspiring writer
• Kerry Wilkinson on being the hottest new author in Britain – and self-published!
• Selecting a Selected: Ian Parks discusses selecting poems for publication

Guest Editor & LWH Copywriter Articles:

- on writing:

• A Hall of Mirrors – An Exploration of Writing and the Creative Mind by Emily Oldfield
• Ghostwriting – an interview by Kim Chamberlain
• Love and Written Love – Emily Oldfield
• Magazine Article Writing – an interview by Kim Chamberlain
• Non-Fiction Book writing – an interview by Kim Chamberlain
• Setting Up as a Writer – Autumn Barlow
• Three Months at The Lancashire Writing Hub – Jeanette Greaves
• Writing for Charity – Jeanette Greaves
• The Reflections of a guest Guest Editor - Emily Oldfield
• Girls and Dolls: gender and writing - Emily Oldfield
• Revolutions in literature and writing - Emily Oldfield
• The blank page behind the lines – nihilism and literature - Emily Oldfield
• The Great Classics Debate - Emily Oldfield
• “Write Now”: the Situation of Writing and Inspiration for Young People - Emily Oldfield
• The Inspiration of Locality and writing opportunities in the North West - Emily Oldfield
• Why we really should be the New Romantics - Emily Oldfield
• An attempt to put “it” into words - Emily Oldfield
• The Experience of Writing and Reading - Emily Oldfield

- writing tips:

• Copyright or Copycat – Claire Sharples
• Fool-Proof: proofreading tips – Claire Sharples
• Humble Haikus – Ashley Lister
• The Name Game – Jeanette Greaves
• Writing Exercises – J. A. Brunning

Interviews and Profiles

• Alan Whelan [including on Creative Writing groups]
• Amanda Smyth
• Andrew Michael Hurley
• Angela Topping
• A J Duggan
• Emily Morris
• Flashtag Collective – Interview part one
• Flashtag Collective – Interview part two
• Fylde Brighter Writers
• Grace O’Leary
• J A Brunning [on Co-ordinating the Lancashire Writing Hub]
• Jenn Ashworth
• Mark Charlesworth (poetry)
• Mark Charlesworth and Chris Newton (collaborative novel)
• Mike Barlow
• Nick Hennessey
• Nik Perring
• Norman Hadley
• Paul Farley
• Rachel McGladdery
• Ron Scowcroft
• Sarah Hymas
• Steve Feasey
• Stuart Kenworthy
• Tom Fletcher

 

Poetry Reviews

• A Silence Black as Milk – Norman Hadley
• A Whoop Above the Dust – Norman Hadley
• Berlin Bursts – Robert Sheppard
• Ghosts of a Low Moon – Andrew Oldham
• In Memory of Real Trees – Mark Charlesworth
• The Landing Stage – Ian Parks
• Modern Love – Max Wallis
• Morecambe Bay and Local Poets – Graham Austin (ed)
• Sunrise and Shorelines – Mark Charlesworth
• Synesthetic – Ann Wilson
• Too Young to Forget – Philip Burton

Book Reviews

• African Brew Ha-Ha: A Motorcycle Quest from Lancashire to Cape Town – Alan Whelan
• Black Rock – Amanda Smyth
• Cold Light – Jenn Ashworth
• Dogs Chase Cars – Mark Porter
• Edgelands – Paul Farley & Michael Symmons Roberts
• King Crow – Michael Stewart
• Life Begins at 40 – Mark Charlesworth and Chris Newton
• Locked In - Kerry Wilkinson
• Scars Beneath the Skin – A J Duggan
• the ascent of isaac steward – Mike French
• The Colonel and the Phallus of Incomplete Mortality by Vicky Ellis
• The Leaping – Tom Fletcher
• The Madman of Freedom Square – Hassan Blasim
• The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease – Edited by Sarah Eyre and Ra Page
• The Shieling – David Constantine
• The Thing on the Shore Tom Fletcher
• The Unusual Death of Julie Christie and Other Stories – Andrew Michael Hurley
• The War Tour – Zoe Lambert
• Trades of the Flesh – Faye L. Booth
• A Kind of Intimacy – Jenn Ashworth
• Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science – Ed. Ra Page.

 

Mixed Prose & Poetry Anthology Reviews

• Voices Anthology – anthology of stories & poetry about Blackburn by North West writers
• Word Soup: Year One - anthology of poetry & prose by North West writers

Playwriting & Live Literature and Events Reviews

• That One Branch Of Mankind Should Rule Over Another
• The Roots of Love – Cathy Crabb
• Unconventional Attitudes - a night of Storytelling, Poetry and Song
• Windows and Doors – A Review of Litfest at The Storey
• Word Soup Tringe Special
• Word Soup Womanhood – Review
• Writing in Libraries and Word Soup at Accrington Library – Review

 

Lancashire Writing Hub Writing Competition Winners

• Avril Scott – “Your Writing” #3
• Keith Dalton – Your Writing” #2
• Lynne Taylor – National Short Story Day Competition Winner 2010
• Stephanie Robinson – “Your Writing” #1

Lancashire Writing Hub Reviewers and Interviewers, and Website Copywriters:

• Alan Whelan
• Alexandra O’Toole
• Andrew Michael Hurley
• Andrew Oldham
• Ashley Lister
• Autumn Barlow
• Claire Sharples
• Daisy Baldwin
• Diane Becker
• Emily Oldfield
• Ian Parks
• J A Brunning
• Jenn Ashworth
• Jeanette Greaves
• John D Rutter
• Judith Coyle
• Kerry Wilkinson
• Kim Chamberlain
• Kim McGowan
• Mark Charlesworth
• Mikey Goddard
• Mollie Baxter
• Norman Hadley
• Nadeem Shahid
• Paul Christian
• Pete Wolstencroft
• Polly Todd
• Rachel McGladdery
• Ryan Owen Gibson
• Sarah Schofield
• Sofie Fowler
• Stef Portersmith
• Vicky Ellis

Lancashire Writing Hub website Editor:

• J A Brunning – Lancashire Writing Hub Co-ordinator.
• see the Guest Editors page for full list of Guest Editors.