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...

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

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...

Cover of SOLD by Sue Barrow, published by Cadence Publishing.

Sue Barrow's SOLD ("compulsively readable" - The Guardian) is currently 99 cents as an e-book on Amazon US.

The School Library Association (UK) picked SOLD as their recommended summer read for 13-16 year olds.

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#cadencepublishing #childtrafficking #suebarrow

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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The Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024 — To The Last Word Last year I was only able to go to the then new Bournemouth Writing Festival for one day, the day I was part of a panel. The experience was so good that I determined that next time I would go for al...

I have a new blog post about my adventures at this year's Bournemouth Writing Festival, including photos from my talks with Brian Sibley (The Lord of The Rings, BBC Radio Four), and Sophie Beal, Director of Cadence Publishing.

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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

Episode 46: Organizing Chaos with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin The Secrets of Story Podcast · Organizing Chaos with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin return to discuss novelists’ ...

I recently returned, along with Sophie Beal of Cadence Publishing, to Matt Bird and James Kennedy's excellent Secrets Of Story podcast. Enjoy us attempting to organize chaos...

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