John Dean's Blog – February 2013 Archive (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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Author Ian Robinson has a new crime novel out - and it’s attracting plenty of glowing reviews. Criminal Justice (The Book Folks) introduces undercover police officer Sam Batford, a man who walks the narrow line between successful detective and corrupt cop. The novel sees him sent to work with a serious crime team in London in an investigation which sees him play the good…See More
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I have just started writing my next crime novel and I have more time to concentrate on it now that Kirkcudbright Book Week, which I help organise, has come to an end for this year.In fact, the subject of how best to begin a story cropped up during Book Week, not least when I chaired an in-conversation event at the Selkirk Arms, featuring crime writers Traude Ailinger,…See More
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 I am working on a new DCI John Bizzard crime novel for my publisher The Book Folks, and that means being faced with the dreaded blank first page.So, how do writers get going under such circumstances? How do they start writing their story? Well, in this hectic world, I have always felt that there is a lot to be said for holding back and allowing myself a little time to…See More
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