UPPSALA | Starting Mon 21st March
Do you have an unpublished script lying in a drawer, or a great idea for a crime novel?
Join our popular Mystery Writing Workshop to help your wish come true.
In four workshop sessions, starting Monday 21st March in Uppsala, we’ll discuss well-known and popular crime novels from different genres, for inspiration and ideas. We’ll talk about a specific topic, for example characters, red herrings, language, the writing process etc. You will be able to bring your own work for constructive criticism.
This workshop is aimed at both beginners and more experienced writers. The purpose/goal is to be supportive in the creative process!
Make sure to take this unique opportunity and make a leap forward in your writing!
Cost: 500 kr + books (a discount is given if you buy all four books in a package). The books are: Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs, Raymond Chandler: Lady in the Lake, Wilkie Collins: Dream Woman, and Karen Campbell: The Twilight Time.
Place: The English Bookshop, Svartbäcksgatan 19, Uppsala.
Dates: 4 Mondays at 19:00–21:00 – 21/3, 11/4, 2/5 and finally 23/5.
Participants: maximum of 10.
The workshops are led by James van Loon, author of Blue Magic Woman.
Please book your seat in the group by paying the fee in advance.
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UPPSALA
Mon-Fri 10-18.30,
Sat 10-17,
Sun 12-17
STOCKHOLM
Mon-Fri 10.30-18,
Sat 11-17,
Sun 12-17
GÖTEBORG
Mon-Fri 10.30-18,
Sat 10-17.30,
Sun 12-16
UPPSALA
The Uppsala
English Bookshop
Svartbäcksgatan 19
753 32 Uppsala
Tel 018-10 05 10
uppsala@bookshop.se
STOCKHOLM
The English Bookshop
Södermannagatan 22
116 23 Stockholm
Tel 08-790 55 10
stockholm@bookshop.se
GÖTEBORG
The English Bookshop
Kungsgatan 19
411 19 Göteborg
Tel 031-45 55 10
goteborg@bookshop.se
You get 15 days free credit just for being nice...
You only pay the actual postage/freight for delivery.
No postage if you pick it up at a local bookshop.
In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They’re too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood – not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always has been. ”It was only because Gaunt knew he might die, that he could be so reckless as to kiss him.” An epic tale of the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip. // Discuss in the Modern Fiction reading group //
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It’s a classic setting: big city detective moves to a small country village for some peace and quiet, not getting much of either as he has barely unpacked when the bones of a young woman are discovered. The quiet country life that Jake Jackson envisioned is no more. Sometimes the quietest villages hide the darkest secrets… // Discuss in the Crime reading group //
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