February 2013 Blog Posts (4)

Summer term creative writing dates announced

Creative writing tutor John Dean has announced the summer term dates for his popular courses at the Friends

Meeting House in Skinnergate, Darlington.

The adult learning courses deal with all aspects of creative writing, focusing primarily on prose, including short stories,…

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Added by John Dean on February 22, 2013 at 9:49 — No Comments

Open mic night to take place

The Open Mic nights for authors, which are supported by Darlington for Culture, continue on Thursday (March 28).

The nights, which offer a forum for writers to read their material and audiences to enjoy it, run at Voodoo Café/Cantina, 84 Skinnergate, on the last Thursday of the month. Each session starts at 7pm and the cost of entry is £3 paid on the door.

More information is available at…

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Added by John Dean on February 22, 2013 at 9:30 — No Comments

Festival masterclasses

I’m running two masterclasses as part of Darlington Arts Festival 2013

Crime Writing Masterclass

Crime novelist John Dean presents a day-long workshop helping you to create villains, invent detectives and murder folks!

Venue: Café Create, Parkgate

Date: Thursday May 2

Time 10am-4pm

Tickets and arrangements £25 for the day. Places can be booked in advance by contacting John Dean at…

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Added by John Dean on February 19, 2013 at 16:23 — No Comments

Site change

Inscribe Media, of which I am a director, is now running the Global Short Story Competition from its website at

www.inscribemedia.co.uk. Cash prizes every month. Follow us on Facebook (search Inscribe Media) or Twitter…

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Added by John Dean on February 13, 2013 at 12:15 — No Comments

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