I visited the Derby Book Festival last year and attended four events which I thoroughly enjoyed. The Kate Young event in particular was one of my favourites, as it combined my love for baking and writing, and I continue to cook my way through her cookbook. I had been keeping an eye out for news from the Derby Book Festival,…
Writing is more than just a profession for me. It is a method of self-expression. It is what I enjoy doing, and when I am eye-ball deep in book plotting, I need to be wearing the appropriate clothing. By appropriate, I mean a dress-code. Yes there is a dress-code for writing, in that it has to be the most comfortable,…
8 – 13th November 2016 Powerful messages From Over the Wall: global influences in UNESCO’s City of Literature Featuring Amit Chaudhuri, Jack Monroe, Jon McGregor, Katherine Quarmby, and Virtual Writer in Residence, Omar El Hazek Nottingham’s first Festival of Literature delivers a series of powerful messages from ‘Over the Wall’ providing a welcoming platform to voices that struggle to be…
Hey all, how are you doing? It’s a cool, wet Wednesday morning and I’m glad I’m indoors. You know that really cool Derby Writers’ Day I attended a few weeks ago? Well I’m pleased to report that The QUAD will be presenting a new Christmas science-fiction, fantasy and horror event taking on the 21st November 2015. If Santa wrote fiction,…
Hi all, how are you on this crisp Thursday morning? It’s been a busy week so far. I caught up with some dear friends from university, earlier this week whom I haven’t seen for over 15 years. It’s amazing how time melts away and you can all slot back into your younger selves (age is simply a state of mind).…
Hello All, How are you doing? It’s been another good albeit crazy busy week for this Derby Foodie. I met the lovely David Nicholls, one of my favourite authors of all time at the Derby Book Festival. It was something of a dream come true, but more of that in a different blog post. I also dined at The Wonky…
Hello All, Hope you’re enjoying your weekend so far. What are you up to in Derby and beyond? It’s been a pretty chilled out one for me, one that involved plenty of cooking, eating, sleeping and writing (just a bunch of my favourite pastimes). I dined at Zizzi in Derby on Saturday for lunch. I thought it was pretty lovely…
Hello All, Hope you’re doing well? I just had to hop online to share some exciting news with you. The email dropped earlier today, letting me know that I’ve been chosen as a World Book Night Giver (triple whoop)! WBN is a fantastic initiative championing reading and I’ll be on the streets of Derby dishing out one of my favourite…
Hello People, How are you? It’s been a busy few weeks, what have you been up to? I organised my first BookCake Club in Littleover Derby earlier this week and it was such fun to connect with like-minded fellow bookish foodies with cake on the mind. We read and discussed Us by David Nicholls, a real bittersweet love story with…
Hello! How are you? It’s Sunday night all over again and I cannot help but think, “Where on earth has the weekend gone?” One of the joys of being a writer, is that it’s very rare you’re “off duty”. I suspect my brain doesn’t know when, or even how to switch off. I always have my phone handy on my…