How are you getting on in these strange times? We seem to be getting together more in online groups and that’s how this week’s post came about. Jackie Oxbury and Paul Green commented on last week’s post. This week they talk to Angela J. Phillip with recommendations they think you will like.
Our lives have taken a surreal turn as though we’ve suddenly stepped into a science fiction movie that we weren’t expecting. Here are some books to read while we are self-isolating or looking after others – researched by Angela J. Phillip.
Do you need a change from nordic noir or, as things are at the moment, global noir? Coronavirus means that we’re all in this together, but ironically, it’s the kind of shared experience that we are going to survive best if we stay on our own. Angela J. Phillip goes in search of some good books to lift our spirits. Time to stock up. Might be just as good as pasta and baked beans – and equally as necessary.
Why might you be interested? What opportunities are there? How can you get paid for it? Angela J. Phillip goes in search of answers.
Hastings Literary Festival has launched its writing competitions for 2020, offering prizes of up to £200 as well as support packages for emerging local writers writes Alison Steel.
Hastings Literary Festival has just launched its writing competitions for this year and there are many more. It’s a chance to have your work evaluated and hopefully, you might win a prize – money or publication. Angela J. Phillip investigates the dos and don’ts of how to maximise your chance of success.
It’s not just boy meets girl or girl meets girl or boy meets boy, but that’s part of it. Romantic novels are ‘romantic’ in a wider sense. We’re just past Valentine’s Day and this month sees the shortlists for the awards for romantic fiction. It is the best-selling type of fiction and there are nine categories rewarding different areas of the genre. Angela J. Phillip reports.
On Friday (7 February), families from across Hastings celebrated all things magical at a spectacular Harry Potter Book Night event in Hastings Library. The National Literacy Trust reports with photos from the event in Hastings Library. Photos by Caitlin Lock.
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