Category Archives: novels

Word on the Street

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Romy Thomas

My novel ‘Word on the Street’ will be out in paperback and ebook in September, published by Cillian Press. They are a new independent based in Manchester and they’re a great team. I was allowed in on a meeting with … Continue reading →

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Kevan Manwaring’s Windsmith Elegy takes flight

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Clare Spencer

This autumn sees the culmination of a ten year project for author and OU tutor Kevan Manwaring. With the publication of This Fearful Tempest, his five volume series, The Windsmith Elegy, concludes. The project began in September 2002, as part … Continue reading →

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The Book of Guardians – Derek Neale’s new novel

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Clare Spencer

Derek Neale’s debut novel has been published by Salt. Set in the UK and Canada, The Book of Guardians is a detective story for our time – the detective is no policeman but a cross between social worker and lawyer. … Continue reading →

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Michael Stewart’s novel wins the Not the Booker prize

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Clare Spencer

Michael Stewart’s novel King Crow, published in January 2011, has been voted the winner of the 2011 Not the Booker prize.  The prize is awarded by readers of the Guardian books blog, after an extended process of nominations, shortlisting and reviewing … Continue reading →

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A first novel from Heather Peace

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Clare Spencer

Heather Peace’s first novel All to Play For is to be published on October 29th by Legend Press. Narrated from 2011 by a former BBC drama script editor, it begins at the Edinburgh Festival in 1985, and follows several young … Continue reading →

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Amelia And The Virgin: Saints and their devils

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Nicky Harlow

I will be reading from my forthcoming novel, Amelia and the Virgin at the Ilkley Fringe Festival on October 10th at 9pm. As well as extracts from the novel, I will also be giving a talk on the research that … Continue reading →

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Tutor’s novel in progress shortlisted for international prize

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Clare Spencer

A novel in progress by Lane Ashfeldt has been shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize 2011. There are six books on the shortlist and the winner is yet to be announced. Publication forms part of the prize for the … Continue reading →

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Triplet: Michael W. Thomas

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Clare Spencer

My writing and publication record defines me principally as a fiction-writer and poet.  In the last couple of years, however, I have become increasingly interested in writing drama.  In the context of the OU, this may well have been through … Continue reading →

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How teaching Creative Writing with the OU has influenced my own writing practice – by Shanta Everington

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Clare Spencer

When I started teaching Creative Writing with The Open University in London in 2008, I had two recently published novels under my belt – Marilyn and Me (Cinnamon Press, 2007) and Give Me a Sign (Flame Books, 2008) – and … Continue reading →

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Writing in the sand

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Clare Spencer

  The Burning Path by Kevan Manwaring   Three strangers meet in a nameless desert and must come to terms with their past before they can escape it: a First World War airman; an American aviatrix of the Thirties; and … Continue reading →

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