Nicole Moore, co-founder of Words of Colour, explains why she is stepping down as Creative Arts Director and outlines her future creative plans.
Estelle has not only taken the charts by storm with her single American Boy, but has impressed Joy Francis with her funky new album ‘Shine’.
Time Out feature writer and reviewer Tamara Gausi offers some pointers to budding critics including how to cope with adverse reactions to your reviews.
The loss of one of her twin boys inspired holistic complementary therapist, artist and writer Hyacinth Myers to offer other parents a creative outlet. She highlights why.
Read the second and final part in our series - a week in the life of a budding writer - with our short story competition winners. This time it’s runner up Mahsuda Shah.
The Forum page is the place to promote your events and take part in debates on topics that can be serious or whimsical. This month we’d like your views on ‘fear’ .
July 2007
TOPICFear
One of the biggest reasons for manuscripts hiding in the linen drawer, the failure to meet a copy deadline or the procrastination that greets every query about how that difficult ‘first book’ is going is the four letter word – fear! How do you experience fear when aiming to pursue a creative dream? What steps do you take to tackle it? And why do you think it happens to you.
Last month, our topic was what part fear played in your experience as a writer. You were obviously too scared to tell us, that is except our intern Marsha Blake who reveals the role of fear in her ability to procrastinate. Click here to read her piece.
Maxine Quintyne-Kolaru shares her joy at being selected for a rehearsed reading at the Royal Court for her play Shredder.
Loraine Martins of the Olympic Delivery Authority shares her experience of having dinner with living icon Angela Davis.
Andrea Enisuoh, Centerprise Literature Development Co-ordinator, explains what the recent funding cuts by the Arts Council England means for her project.
Have you made a New Year Resolution to take your writing further or get your poems or novel published? Let us know your writing dreams for 2008.
