The professional way

What’s it like to be a student on our online writing courses? Alumna Kiirar Hosair explains why she joined a year-long course and what she got from the experience: deadlines, focus, resilience, a support network… not to mention an agent.

Big congratulations to our Director of Fiction Tom Bromley – announced as an Unsung Hero of Publishing 2018, the award for inspiring publishing experts engineering the future of books.

PODCAST What’s happening in the world of crime fiction? What are agents looking for? What is a high concept thriller?
Guest author on our online Crime Writing course  Sam Blake answers these questions and more. Listen here

Sega has announced that it will publish Story for Video Games course director, Caroline Marchal‘s first project from her studio Interior Night. The theme of the game remains top secret, but Caroline is committed to developing narrative-driven games and likes it when ‘everyone dies at the end’.

Listen to Therapeutic Writing  and Running Writing Groups Course Director Victoria Field‘s short story Swimming Lessons broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

CONGRATULATIONS to alumna Jo Cannon, whose follow-up to the runaway success of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep – Three Things About Elsie – was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018, the most prestigious annual award for books written by a woman.

We all appreciate the benefits of attending a writing group, but running a successful one can be hard. Have a look at our new course, which holds your hand as you research, plan and launch a new writing group. Read Co-course Director Anne Taylor’s advice on running a workshop

Many congratulations to Professional Writing Academy tutor Emily Barr, whose young adult novel The One Memory of Flora Banks has been nominated for a Carnegie medal 2018 ‘for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.’ Her next novel The Truth and Lies of Ella Black will be published on 11 January.