The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club

The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club

by Maeve Binchy
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/09/2008

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Fascinating and informative - advice to inspire budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over.


'A motivating, and pleasingly undaunting volume for the would be writer in your life' DAILY MAIL


'The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up' Maeve Binchy


THE MAEVE BINCHY WRITERS' CLUB gives a unique insight into how a No. 1 bestselling author writes. Inspired by a course run by the National College of Ireland, it comprises twenty letters from Maeve offering advice, tips and her own wonderfully witty take on the life of a writer, in addition to contributions from top writers, publishers and editors.


Whether you want to write a saga or a thriller, comedy or journalism, or write for the radio or stage, the book also gives advice on the best way to get started, and what editors, publishers and agents are looking for.

ISBN:
9781409106203
9781409106203
Category:
Creative writing & creative writing guides
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-09-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Orion
Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined the Irish Times.

Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982 and she went on to write over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends and Tara Road.

Maeve Binchy received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Book Awards in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A.T. Cross award in 2007.

In 2010 she was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gais Irish Book Awards by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 2012.

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