by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Perfomance, Poetry, Short Stories, Writers
Copland Smith Biography – always small case, once a mathematician, is a poet, songwriter, playwright, essayist, Guardian letter-writer and writing teacher. Born in Liverpool 1953. Has lived in Wallasey, N Wales, Nigeria, Northants, Suffolk, Dorset and now...
by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Crime, Writers
Graham Smith Biography I am a former joiner turned hotelier and I’m the author of two different series. The first features DI Harry Evans and the Cumbrian Major Crimes team while the second features Jake Boulder, an ex-Glaswegian who works as a Utah doorman and...
by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Writers
Collette Snowden Biography Colette Snowden was born and raised in Manchester and studied medieval history in St Andrews and Bordeaux. After spending a year in Bulgaria teaching English, she returned to Manchester and began a career in public relations, developing her...
by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Scriptwriting, Short Stories, Writers
Cath Staincliffe Biography Cath Staincliffe is an award-winning novelist, radio playwright and creator of ITV’ s hit series Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. Cath was short-listed for the CWA John Creasey Best First Novel award for her...
by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Historical, Non-Fiction, Writers
Peter Street Biography Peter has had a range of jobs ranging from Forester, Head Gardener, Chef, Taxi Driver, Writer in Residence in prisons, schools, International Youth Camps, BBC Greater Manchester radio, Poet in the Croatian/Bosnian conflict, Correspondent on...
by librarians | Nov 19, 2019 | Writers
Alan Summers Biography Alan Summers is a Japan Times award-winning poet translated and published in over fourteen countries. He has fifteen years of experience of English-language haiku, working alongside Western and Japanese haiku writers. Alan is also the founder of...