Novelist/poet Christine Whittemore and poet Anna Saunders and talk about their experience with writing projects, the pitfalls and roller-coasters, and share ideas on how to keep inspired and productive.

• Christine Whittemore is a poet and novelist. Her ‘Unusual and deeply moving’ novel ‘Inscription (Kevin Crossley-Holland) won the Eludia Award and publication (2015) with Sowilo Press.

• Anna Saunders is the author of ‘Communion’, ‘Kissing the She Bear’ (Wild Conversations Press), ‘Struck’ (Pindrop Press), ‘Burne Jones and the Fox’, ‘Ghosting for Beginners’ (Indigo Dreams) and the forthcoming ‘Persephone Goes on Question Time’ (Indigo Dreams). She has been described as a ‘modern myth-maker’ by Paul Stephenson and ‘A poet of quite remarkable gifts’ by Bernard O’Donoghue.

• Christine and Anna read short extracts of their work to illustrate how their techniques worked.

• Tickets for this event in the Playhouse Lounge are £7/5

• Free workshop offer from Anna Saunders:    If you book a place on How to Keep Motivated as You Write talk, I will offer the first 3 people a free ticket to my Home and Away Workshop.