John started writing in the 1980s and had his first book “The Valley of God” published in 1996. Since then he has had 8 further books published which are “Prayers for a new Baby” “Margaret Clitherow Saint of York” “Walsingham Prayers and Reflections”“Walsingham England’s National Shrine of Our Lady” “The Heritage of Catholic York” andRead more about John Rayne-Davis[…]
Neal, a life-long resident of East Hull, has written over twenty stories, some of which have been adapted as screenplays. He writes mainly short stories, and continues to tinker with ‘completed’ novels. Before retiring in 2016, Neal worked in the education sector for twenty-one years. Last year, he joined a writer’s group that meets twiceRead more about Neal Hardin[…]
A primary school teacher for 18 years, Antony taught in a number of different schools, including several in London and one in Canada. He was born in Berkshire in 1971, and now lives in a tiny North Yorkshire village with his wife, Louise.He regularly visits primary schools in the North East to deliver writing workshopsRead more about Antony Wootten[…]
Alwyn, formerly a university philosophy lecturer, Director of two international literacy and literature NGOs and a Rockefeller Scholar, is a poet, lecturer and writer; is Managing Editor of Oversteps Books; and a Research Fellow in the School of English and Languages of the University of Surrey. She is the author or editor of a numberRead more about Alwyn Marriage[…]
David Lee Morgan has travelled the world with his saxophone, as a performance poet and musician. He has won the London, UK, and BBC Slam Poetry Championships, as well as a fair number of club slams in the UK and the US, including Soul City Arts and the Nuyorican. He has featured at poetry festivalsRead more about David Lee Morgan[…]
Claire Patel-Campbell has always written. As soon as she knew how to use a pen to form letters, she was making up stories, all no doubt long since lost to house moves and clear outs and time – but there it began. There were, at one time, notebooks upon notebooks full of her early scribbles,Read more about Claire Patel-Campbell[…]
Dawn loves sewing and designing creatures from plush materials. This love of creating creatures turned to socks four years ago when she discovered they were the perfect medium for sewing creatures. This love of socks led to the birth of Treacher Creatures and an Etsy shop. She designs creatures from re-cycled wool sweaters and fleece: she started crochetingRead more about Dawn Treacher[…]
Five years ago, Maria was trapped within an unhappy toxic marriage. Then her fortieth birthday happened and she wrote herself a ‘living bucket list.’ Top of it was to escape her relationship and to find herself again, ticking off items from her list as she went. So when she isn’t jumping out of aeroplanes or fallingRead more about Maria Stephenson[…]
Some of my fondest memories involve books; as a child sitting with my mum reading, studying English at university and working in bookshops. Filling the shelves with other people’s work, I often wondered how it would feel to finally write the novel which I had been writing in my head for so long. I enjoyRead more about Gillian Byrom-Smith[…]
