Sunday 24 April 2016
10-12 Ian C Douglas Workshop 1
World-building
World Building: An Advanced perspective.
This in-depth look at world building examines a
step-by-step guide used by published authors, including the event, the core,
and the why. The workshop also introduces tools and online resources to support
the writer on their world-building journey. Finally, participants will have
time to practice using the guide and share feedback. If you are writing or plan
to write fantasy and sci-fi this course is for you.
Ian C Douglas is the author of the Zeke Hailey Sci-fi YA
novels. His short stories have been published in books, magazines, online and
even by a multi-national corporation. He contributed to the Eisner-nominated
anthology of graphic stories To End All Wars and has won several story
competitions.
Ian has an MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) with a
background in Education. He regularly visits schools, libraries and writing
groups to run creative writing workshops.
1-3 Ian C Douglas Workshop 2 YA
A World of Your Own: World Building for Young Adults If
you write fantasy you might need your own magical kingdom, another Narnia or
Westeros. And if you're into sci-fi, it could be a planet like Tatooine or
Pandora. Even computer games have their own worlds. Inventing imaginary lands
is fun. You get to make your own rules. But where do you find your ideas and
how do you shape them into a believable world? Join SF author Ian C Douglas and
look at some simple tactics for creating your own personal world.
Ian C Douglas is the author of the Zeke Hailey Sci-fi YA
novels. His short stories have been published in books, magazines, online and
even by a multi-national corporation. He contributed to the Eisner-nominated
anthology of graphic stories To End All Wars and has won several story
competitions.
Ian has an MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) with a
background in Education. He regularly visits schools, libraries and writing
groups to run creative writing workshops.
4-6 Mark Connors author talk with
publishers
Author talk –
Stickleback – with meet the publishers
PARENTAL GUIDANCE ADVISORY
Armley Press
Armley Press is a punk publisher proud to be based in the north of
England's biggest city, Leeds.
It was set up in 2007 by Mick McCann to publish his first book. Seeing
similarities with the late 1970s independent music scene, he labelled it Punk
Publishing.
"Punk publishing for me sums up what we’re all about - independent,
DIY, championing unorthodox voices. A get out and do it attitude, as opposed to
asking for someone else's permission."
Over the next few years Armley Press published the three books by John
Lake that comprise the Leeds 6 Trilogy, interspersed with two more books from
Mick.
At the beginning of 2015 Mick and John decided to collaborate more
closely and search for new writers. They have been busy over the last 12
months, publishing 7 different authors.
They aim to “be moist, daring, unorthodox, dynamic and give voice to
real people.”
Armley Press want to be the antithesis of the celebrity-obsessed London
publishers and media village choosing quality writing that may not have ‘the
name’. They aim to increase diverse and unorthodox voices, publish books
and authors that mainstream publishers may appreciate but would never publish.
“Nathan O'Hagan is a very talented writer.”
Kevin Sampson - Awaydays, Powder,
The House On The Hill,etc.
After spending most of his teens and twenties in various unsuccessful
bands, Nathan eventually turned his hand to writing. In 2013 he self-published Purge, a short fiction collection. The World is
(Not) a Cold Dead Place was published by Armley Press in 2015 and is his
first completed novel.
The World is (Not) a Cold Dead Place was very well
received:
“Dark, funny, shitty, violent and moving. A Birkenhead OCD
sufferer is forced to work in Call Centre. If you want a book that will
make you laugh throughout try this.”James Brown - Sabotage Times, talkSPORT,co-founder
of Loaded.
He has since completed one more and is in the early stages of a third.
He has also written a screenplay and another series of short stories. He
regularly writes features and reviews for the online fanzine God is in the
TV.
Nathan grew up on Merseyside, rarely venturing away other than a brief
stint in Carlisle. He now lives in Northamptonshire with his wife and two
children and works full time for the NHS.
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Choosing not to seek a publisher, Mick McCann founded Armley
Press in 2007 to publish his first book,Coming Out as a Bowie Fan in Leeds,
Yorkshire, England.
Life affirming and warm, edgy but not gloomy, Coming Out was a coming of age, sexy street drama based mainly in
the late 1970s, laced with wit and humour. A chunk of unexpected working class
life, it's stuffed full of real-life Leeds stories.
With Mick's online guerrilla marketing and offline blagging, according
to official Nielsen book dataComing Out outsold five out of six of that
year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist.
Mick’s third book, How Leeds Changed the World, is a
playful, chatty, funky but factual A-Z encyclopaedia of Leeds. It has sold in
its thousands - being Leeds Waterstones top selling Christmas book two years in
a row - and was chosen by Leeds City Council as a gift from the city to the 800
visiting VIPs for the Tour De France Grand Depart, 2014.
For tickets and details of all the other great events: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cleckheatonliteraturefestival
Website: www.clecklitfest.co.uk
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