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Tag Archives: Simon Brett
the stars, the land, the sea and Leith are conquerable with Uncle Bob
Writers are 10 times more likely to suffer from depression than people in other professions.*Just a few who suffered from the “black dog” are James Ellroy, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf, Stephen Fry, Simon Brett, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, Marian Keyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Broughton Spurtle, Catherine Cookson, Ernest Hemingway, Evelyn Waugh, Hans Christian Andersen, Historic Scotland, James Ellroy, Kirkgate, Leith, Leith Botanical Gardens, Leith Walk Botanical Cottage, Leo Tolstoy, Marian Keyes, Maritime Museum, Port Of Leith, Raymond Chandler, Simon Brett, Stephen Fry, Sylvia Plath, Trinity House, Uncle Bob's Audio Walking Tours, Virginia Woolf, Walt Whitman, William Faulkner
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we are not alone
Over the weekend I went down south for the Authors North Spring Meeting*, held in Leeds. The hugely entertaining Simon Brett talked about his life as a writer of 86 novels! This was followed by a great introduction to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors North, Clare Dudman, Julia Franklin, Simon Brett, Society of Authors
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If it’s Wednesday, it’s write a story with a famous author tweetathon day!
Simon Brett will continue the Society’s short story tweetathon where, over the following weeks, authors and tweeters from around the world will collaborate to write short stories in 5 tweets. From 11:00am GMT on #WriterWednesdays, tweeters are invited to complete … Continue reading
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Tagged #Soatale, crime, short story, Simon Brett, the SoA, the Society of Authors in Scotland, tweetathon, write a story
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