We’re welcoming our guest speaker, Graham Wright to our October meeting.
Graham Wright is best known as a radio presenter, having worked at various stations across the East Midlands for thirty years, and where much of his radio work has involved writing scripts for broadcast.
‘From Radio to RUDDINGTON.info – Life as a Community Journalist’ will be a potted history of Graham’s writing and broadcasting career from his student days in Nottingham through to when scripting for local and regional radio became part of his job.
Graham will discuss how the way we receive our daily news has changed so dramatically both for a journalist finding stories and getting them out to the public.
He now covers the news output regularly for HFM Radio in Market Harborough and presents a weekly internet radio show.
Graham Wright at work
Along with his media company, North Point Productions, he provides voiceovers and audio/visual production.
Our May guest speaker is Leicester based author Rod Duncan, published by Angry Robot books. He writes alternate history, contemporary crime and screenplays. His novels have been shortlisted for a number of awards: the Philip K. Dick Award, the East Midlands Book Award and the John Creasey Dagger.
A dyslexic with a background in scientific research, Rod now lectures in creative writing at DeMontfort University in Leicester.
His latest novel, The Outlaw and the Upstart King is available in bookshops and online.
We’re now into our autumn programme and September is going to be a fabulous month, starting with our guest speaker, local author Stephen Booth whose Cooper & Fry novels mix crime and mystery in the atmospheric Derbyshire Peak District.
Stephen has been a welcome guest at NWC in the past, so we’re delighted he can join us this month to talk about his books and his latest release ‘Fall Down Dead’.
The latest novel from our guest speaker Stephen Booth…
He’ll also share some insights into what’s available to writers interested in writing crime.
There’ll be time for a Q&A and the opportunity to buy books and get them signed personally.
Find out more about Stephen and his Cooper & Fry novels on his website.
Our guest speaker this month is Sam Maxfield, author of six novels including her latest,Must be Mapton, the third in her humorous Mapton-on-Sea series.
Taking a comical view of life as a writer, Sam will talk about her Mapton series; and then provide tips on how to cope with the ups and downs of a writer’s life- for aspiring dreamers to full-time writers.
Sam holds a BA in English and History and an MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University, and has lectured in English Literature; as well as the role of Education Officer at the Broadway Cinema, before becoming a full-time writer four years ago.
Sam will have copies of her books to sell and sign on the night, including her latest release Must be Mapton.
Find out more about our guest speaker on her website.
We’re delighted to welcome our guest speaker this month, local author C.J Tudor.
Her debut novel, The Chalk Man, published by Penguin in January this year, has garnered lots of attention, especially since Stephen King tweeted ‘If you like my stuff, you’ll like this’.
The book has been described as ‘creepy’ and ‘a thriller’. So come along and find out for yourself’
Discover what happened once her manuscript got accepted, and how her writing life changed. There’ll also be time for a Q&A.
C.J Tudor and The Chalk Man…
If you’re unfamiliar with her novel you can find out more from a selection of short videos here.
For those who are on Facebook you can like her official page:
