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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Another One Bites the Dust

28 Sunday Dec 2014

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Birmingham City Council is having a 5.6% cut imposed upon it by central government, and as a result public services across the board will be cut. Most painful of all, the Library of Birmingham’s services will be drastically reduced. The Library is not just a local service, it is a national hub. If you care about libraries, please respond to the online survey.

Francis Hodgson

Library of Birmingham photography collections under urgent and pressing threat.

Veronica Bailey, Lectures on Art by Henry Weekes, 1880, from the Hours of Devotion series, (2006) Veronica Bailey, Lectures on Art by Henry Weekes, 1880, from the Hours of Devotion series, (2006)

If you look at the date of today’s post (22 December 2014), you will see that I’d rather be with my family, winding down and gearing up for Christmas. But I can’t. On this occasion, I don’t think it possible to stay silent.

I am not an articulately Political person (cap P). I’m intrigued by photography, and have been for years. I believe in the importance of photography and the genius of some of the people who have made it important. I don’t want to make judgments between two essentials when there’s only enough money for one. I’m not a triage nurse on a battlefield. Other people do that stuff. And they’re about to get it horribly, disgracefully, and damagingly wrong.

‘They’ are threatening…

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Books make great gifts

16 Tuesday Dec 2014

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CIRC, Creative Writing, fiction, Telegraph Creative Writing Group, Writing

Especially for oneself, when finding Christmas too much of a headache. Take a look at my Books 2014 page!

Launching a novel…

01 Monday Dec 2014

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This is Sue’s take on the book launch – she obviously felt more nervous than she looked. I think I learned three things:
1. Take plenty of biros to sign books – we only had one or two between the lot of us.
2. The audience wants to know about the scope of the story and especially about the writing journey.
3. Relax and enjoy it, the hard work is over.

Books from Basford

An author panel sit stunned as their writing story gets projected above their heads.... An author panel sit stunned as their writing story gets projected above their heads….

I’ve sat in the audience for author events before, listening to someone rad their words aloud. I’ve also organised author events – I have been that person who takes your picture with the writer you admire, who always carries Sharpies, who makes small talk while they sign stock copies. But this week were my first events from the other side – from the side of the author.

There’s something gratifying about being recognised as you walk into the venue for your first author event. “Hi Sue! Glad you could make it!” said the voice. It was actually the publisher and editor, Iain Grant, talking, but for a man who met for about an hour two years ago this isn’t bad.

The authors for tonight’s event meet in the coffee shop, they are relaxed and poised about reading…

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