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Latest work is out now, shortlisted as part of the @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social
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I'm hosting Bournemouth Writing Festival’s inaugural

Spoken Word Olympics - on Sunday 26th April at 4:15pm

Whether you're a budding bard, poet, rapper or spoken word artist, you're invited to take part for Team Bournemouth or Team Elsewhere.

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Bournemouth Writing Festival’s FREE dog-themed writing competition | UK School Trips (Get your entries in before Sunday 15th March 2026)

#TEACHERS & #HOMEEDUCATORS DORSET
#BournemouthWritingFestival has a FREE dog-themed writing competition to inspire kids to write about their 4 legged friends. Open to Schools & Home-Educated Children in Dorset
Enter by 15 March 26
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/news/bournem...
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Bournemouth Writing Festival’s FREE dog-themed writing competition | UK School Trips (Get your entries in before Sunday 15th March 2026)

#TEACHERS & #HOMEEDUCATORS DORSET
#BournemouthWritingFestival has a FREE dog-themed writing competition to inspire kids to write about their 4 legged friends. Open to Schools & Home-Educated Children in Dorset
Enter by 15 March 26
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/news/bournem...
@bmthwritingfest.bsky.social

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Bournemouth Writing Festival’s FREE dog-themed writing competition | UK School Trips (Get your entries in before Sunday 15th March 2026)

#TEACHERS & #HOMEEDUCATORS DORSET
#BournemouthWritingFestival has a FREE dog-themed writing competition to inspire kids to write about their 4 legged friends. Open to Schools & Home-Educated Children in Dorset
Enter by 15 March 26
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/news/bournem...
@bmthwritingfest.bsky.social

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Bournemouth Writing Festival’s FREE dog-themed writing competition | UK School Trips (Get your entries in before Sunday 15th March 2026)

#TEACHERS & #HOMEEDUCATORS DORSET
#BournemouthWritingFestival has a FREE dog-themed writing competition to inspire kids to write about their 4 legged friends. Open to Schools & Home-Educated Children in Dorset
Enter by 15 March 26
www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/news/bournem...
@bmthwritingfest.bsky.social

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💸 Entry is just £10 – for one short story or up to three poems
⏰ Deadline: 15 August 2025

👉 Enter here: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2026-writing...

#WritingCompetition #BournemouthWritingFestival #Poetry #ShortStory #writingcontest #amquerying #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Last year I wrote an article for #WritingMagazine, Organising Chaos: How to Turn a Messy First Draft into a Publishable Book, to coincide with my talk with #SophieBeal of #CadencePublishing at the #BournemouthWritingFestival. On Saturday we are giving an updated version at this year's festival...

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Making Waves: Creative Writing students and AUB staff to perform at… A dynamic line-up of students from BA (Hons) Creative writing, as well as AUB staff and local creatives, are to perform as part of BWF

A dynamic line-up of our Creative Writing students, as well as staff and local creatives, are performing at the Making Waves showcase at Bournemouth Writing Festival 🌊

Book your place – 19.30 on Sunday 27 April at Pavilion Dance South West.

#artsuniversitybournemouth #bournemouthwritingfestival

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Organising Chaos: Turn a Messy Draft into a Publishable Book, with Sophie Beal & Gary Dalkin at the Bournemouth Writing Festival, 26 April 2025

Organising Chaos: Turn a Messy Draft into a Publishable Book, with Sophie Beal & Gary Dalkin at the Bournemouth Writing Festival, 26 April 2025

Literary festival cartoon from Private Eye

Literary festival cartoon from Private Eye

Just three weeks until the #BournemouthWritingFestival, where I'll be co-presenting Organising Chaos: Turn a Messy Draft into a Publishable Book with #SophieBeal of #CadencePublishing. Happily the #BWF is far too nice to have anyone like the chap from this #PrivateEye cartoon in our audience...

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Article by Gary Dalkin and Festival Director Domnic Wong about Bournemouth Writing Festival, published in the May 2025 issue of Writing Magazine

Article by Gary Dalkin and Festival Director Domnic Wong about Bournemouth Writing Festival, published in the May 2025 issue of Writing Magazine

I wrote a piece with Festival Director #DominicWong about the #BournemouthWritingFestival for the May issue of #WritingMagazine. In shops 3 April, available as a print or digital edition online now.

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ElanorMcBay, NickBeal, AlexStone (The Perfect Daughter), SophieBeal, director of Cadence Publishing,  Steve Couch (Foul and Fair) and Gary Dalkin at last night's 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival launch. Photo by BWF director Dominic Wong.

ElanorMcBay, NickBeal, AlexStone (The Perfect Daughter), SophieBeal, director of Cadence Publishing, Steve Couch (Foul and Fair) and Gary Dalkin at last night's 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival launch. Photo by BWF director Dominic Wong.

#ElanorMcBay, #NickBeal, #AlexStone (The Perfect Daughter), #SophieBeal, director of #CadencePublishing, #SteveCouch (Foul and Fair) and myself at the 2025 #BournemouthWritingFestival launch. Photo by BWF director #DominicWong.

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Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Dr Curie Scott

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Dr Curie Scott

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Sar Mor

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Sar Mor

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Festival Director Dominic Wong and crime novelist Alex Stone

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Festival Director Dominic Wong and crime novelist Alex Stone

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Cadence Publishing director, Sophie Beal.

Bournemouth Writing Festival networking meeting with Cadence Publishing director, Sophie Beal.

It's the launch of the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival on Thursday. Here are some photos from past BWF networking events, including Sophie Beal of Cadence Publishing, Sar Mor, Curie Scott, Alex Stone and Festival Director Dominic Wong.

@alexstoneauthor.bsky.social #bournemouthwritingfestival

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If you're local and interested in writing, do come along to the next #BournemouthWritingFestival networking event on 27 November. It's a great opportunity to chat with and get to know Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch-based writers.

www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/networking-e...

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Great to hear Guillermo Del Toro has finished shooting his adaptation of #Frankenstein Can't wait! Meanwhile, here I am getting my Gothic on, performing 'Mary Shelley Unbound' at St Peter's, Bournemouth, where the author is buried, on her birthday anniversary, 30th Aug. #BournemouthWritingFestival

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Talks and Workshops 2024 | Bournemouth Writing Festival Industry experts and authors impart their knoweldge, guidence and passions through talks, workshops, panels and masterclasses to help writers and authors in all stages to improve and grow as writers.

The programme for this year's #BournemouthWritingFestival has been announced. I'll be taking part in two events, one with #BrianSibley (BBC radio's #TheLordofTheRings) on #TheArtofAdaptation, and the other with #SophieBeal of #CadencePublishing on #OrganisingChaos.

#LOtR #editing #writing #BWF

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