Writers of Fiction and Non-Fiction
It has been some time since I wrote a blog. With my interview on the Llandeilo Book Fair webpage being published 16th March, it has become quite real that we are in for another exciting year of book fairs starting in Llandeilo on 30th April. http://llandeilobookfair.blogspot.co.uk/ John and myself have been extremely busy since either of us […]
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The first Carmarthen Book Fair, held at St. Peter’s Civic Hall on Saturday 1st October 2016, proved a great success. The Mayor of Carmarthen, Councillor Wynn Thomas, welcomed the authors and other exhibitors, and later returned to hand out the prizes and certificates to the winners of the children’s short story competition sponsored by Thompson […]
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Hi Judith, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? Thank you for hosting me. As you know, my name is Judith Arnopp and I live in Wales. We recently moved from a small farm near Lampeter, to Aberporth on the west Coast. I write historical novels […]
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Hi Wendy White, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Its always great when authors agree to an interview and we get to know a little bit about the person who creates the stories they write. Could you tell us what were you like at school? I really enjoyed primary school and was forever […]
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Hi Sally, thank you for agreeing to this interview. John and myself are great admirers of your writing so this a lovely opportunity to get to know a little more about you. Which writers inspire you? Emile Zola, Pierre Magnan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and more recently, Nele Neuhaus and Christoph Fischer. In poetry, R.S. Thomas, Dylan […]
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Hi Lisa, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? I spent half my life in Brighton on the Sussex coast, and now just over half in the beautiful market town of Carmarthen, West Wales. We moved here when my first daughter was only three months old […]
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We at Thompson Authors have decided to host a Book Fair in our home town of Carmarthen – it is surprising that until now Book Fairs have existed around the town but not in the town itself. Strange, as the town of Carmarthen is steeped in literary history; after all this is where The Black […]
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Well, what a week! Saturday 30th April we had the privilege of having a stall at the Llandeilo Book Fair, where we met many wonderful people. It’s lovely to meet fellow authors and see the different genres out there – only one complaint – the day flew by! The hall was full of stalls with […]
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Llandeilo Book Fair 2016 is a chance for all book worms, book lovers or writers to meet local authors and browse books. Entrance is free – always a good start – and there will be talks, writing workshops and readings taking place throughout the day! Sounds simple, however I do not envy the blood, sweat […]
Read MoreHaving spent a great deal of effort writing short stories for many years now, some of which have won awards and been published in anthologies, I thought it about time I got some of them out there in book form rather than leave them languishing in files in my writing room. I recently read an […]
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