Dialogue brings our characters to life but writing it can be one of the hardest skills for the fiction writer to master. In this fun and practical one hour session, we’ll look at tips and techniques from screenwriting to help find our characters’ voices and get them talking. The session will be interactive so bring a notebook and expect to write.

Place are limited, so book early!

Alex Weston is an experienced creative writing tutor who has taught for the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York and Converge York as well as leading sessions at the conference of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Historical Novel Society. She writes historical fiction set in the Golden Age of Hollywood and is published by Boldwood Books.

All proceeds will be donated to The Book Trust.

***BOOK LOVERS FESTIVAL***

Welcome to a full day celebrating stories, creativity, and the brilliant bookish community of the Wolds.

Join us as we give a platform to those with new books, new poems, and talk to authors who’ve dipped their toes into the world of publishing fiction.

To those on their own writing journey, we have two workshops – one on creating compelling dialogue led by Alexandra Weston, well known for her creative writing teaching, and a poetry workshop led by Louise Renton, giving you full permission to play around with words and boost your creativity.

We’ll be featuring local authors Tracey Foley (middle grade fiction) and actress Charlotte Dolman (psychological thrillers); Jen Moon (specialising in nutrition for those with ADHD) and Sara Sartagne (historical and contemporary romantic fiction).

We also have interviews with those in the trade!

We’ll be speaking to Georgina Wilson, a bookseller whose shop in Hornsea, Clutterbooks, opened only months ago! We’ll discover more about the reading groups she’s organised – some with wine! – and the local authors she’s supporting.

And we are in conversation with two traditionally published authors – Alexandra Weston, who writes romantic fiction set in the golden era of Hollywood, and Val Wood, described by Radio 4’s Open Book, Front Row as ‘the Catherine Cookson of Hull’.

Doors open at 10.00am and the fun begins at 10.15am with our first Open Mic session – so come and support local talent!