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Writerly Quartet

January 12, 2015 by Melvin Leave a Comment

At Huddersfield Uni last week with First Story North West, who do such great work getting writers into schools, and getting young people to produce wonderful compilations – one of the very few chances students get to work over a long period with writers, which shows in the work, incidentally …!

You can find out more about First Story here – and do get in touch if you’re in the North west and are interested.  Meanwhile, here’s a bit of Phone camera fun – myself with Ian McMillan, Lemn Sissay, who gave the keynote speech, and Andy McMilla – with Kevin Duffy, publisher at Bluemoose Books, lurking in the background. Nice day out!

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This was the first time I heard Lemn give one of his legendary presentations. Great stuff!

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Cancelled

For anyone planning on going to the Waterstones event in York on the 24th – sorry, it’s been cancelled.

 

Check this out – 1,000 books signed for Waterstones. If you can get to York on 24th, I’ll do a personal one.

Upcoming Events

Junk is 25 years old this year! That would make Gemma in her early 40’s by now. I hope she’s managed to stay clean.

I’m doing a Fane event to celebrate the anniversary and to talk about my new YA book, Three Bullets. it’s on 15th July at 6.30 pm. Tickets are £8 each, or £15 to get a copy of Three Bullets as well. Details on the Fane website – A Night in with Melvin Burgess. All welcome!

The Lost Witch Book Launch

I'm launching The Lost Witch along with Mark Illis's The Impossible - On the Run, at Waterstones Manchester, Wednesday 18th July, 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome! - Ticket price £3, redeemable against a book. https://www.waterstones.com/events/melvin-burgess-and-mark-illis-a-launch/manchester-deansgate

Me at the Portico Library …

 

It’s me at the Portico Library – the place with the beautiful books and the loveliest domed roof in Manchester. I’ll be talking books, stories,controversy and anything else Hannah Kate (or anyone else for that matter) wants to ask me. 19th April, 18.30 – 20.30. I promise to do my utmost not to be boring.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-with-melvin-burgess-tickets-43547249997

Premio Stregga Award

FB_PSR18_GridoLupo_Cover Look at this great cover. It's a new edition of my very first book, The Cry of the Wolf, published in Italy by my wonderful new publisher over there, Equlibri. And the cherry on the cake is that it's been shortlisted for the prestigious Children's Premio Stregga Award. The winner is announced in Bologna this March, and you get your boots I'll be there. I'm lucky enough to get to Italy once or twice a year - I love going, it's a country that has so much to offer. It's a great thing to be shortlisted for this Award. I'd be so happy if it won! - but whatever happens, I| get a trip to Italy and I'll be making the most of it! Good luck to all the shortlisted books. You can read more about this year's shortlist and Il Grido del Lupo here.

Bursary at Moniach Mhor

I'm tutoring a week on writing for Children and YA at lovely Moniack Mhor this July - and there's a bursary going. Snap it up quick, these thing don't last long.

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Interview

An interview I did with TOTSA - The State of the Arts - done after a workshop for Leeds Breeze. johncoombes1

Interview

A nice interview here with me with Liz Flanagan, about writing, YA, new projects and Lordy knows what else besides.

Innamorarsi di April

For Italian readers - a blog about Loving April

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