'The profession of letters is, after all, the only one in which one can make no money without being ridiculous.'


Jules Renard (1864-1910), Journal

General Writing Links

The Society of Authors

National Association of Writers in Education

British Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Wordpool  - The children's book site for parents, teachers and writers.

BBC Get Writing Index  - A series of useful articles about different areas of writing.

Writers-circles.com  - A directory of UK writers circles, courses and workshops updated for 2007.


Personal Links

My Blog

Meadowside Children's Books - Uncle Alonzo's publishers.

Shadow Road Productions - My little theatre company.

Britishexpat.com  - As well as being a comprehensive and fun one-stop shop for expats, this site was the first place to offer my writing an online home!

WriteWords Writers' Community

Nik Perring's Blog - Nik Perring is a writer and workshop leader from north west England and author of the children's book, I Met a Roman Last Night, What Did You Do?  A fellow WriteWorder, Nik is always first to offer advice and support in the face of any writing-related dilemma!  His website can be found here.

Barnes Literary Society - This flourishing local society has played host to a number of distinguished speakers from a wide variety of literary backgrounds, as well as arranging several visits to places of particular literary interest.

The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

The Athlone Trust - A charity I am involved with that helps adopted children with special needs.


Other Writers' Websites & Blogs

 Lisa Glass

Sarah Stovell

Charlotte Duckworth  

Vulpes Libris

Roger Morris

Claire Allan



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