"Leicester is a spicy cauldron of creativity!" This is what fellow Leicester writer, Siobhan Logan, said on Twitter this morning. I love it! And she's spot on!
As a writer living in Leicester UK, I
consider myself to be very lucky. I have a fantastic support network around me
because Leicester has proved itself to be a real hotspot of writing talent. Not
only that, local writers are keen to support others, to share contacts and to
pass on skills. There are writers’ workshops, writers’ clubs and spoken word
events. There are University Courses catering for new and prospective writers
as well as MA courses in Creative Writing.
If you are a new writer and you live in the
East Midlands then I expect you will be going along to the Leicester Writes Festival of New Writing on the last weekend of June 2015. It will be covering all areas of writing from poetry
to writing novels, from short stories to screen writing. It even includes
blogging.
One of the speakers is Jacob
Ross. He will be giving a masterclass in the art of writing short stories on
Friday 26th June. It all sounds very exciting and it's excellent value for money.
If you want to find out more then
visit Leicester Writes Website.
Did I mention that I will be on a
panel of writers for a discussion called ‘New Technologies, New Directions’ on
Sunday 28th June at 3 pm? It will be taking place at the LCB Depot
Courtyard Room which is just round the corner from Curve Theatre. Well, I've mentioned it now and I may well be mentioning it again!
Hope to see
you there.
