Shamefully late in posting photos from LFoW23. This time, the
festival was in London, at Regents College, and was non-residential.
I'll let the pix do the talking.
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The opening keynote address with Philippa East, self-edit alumna and starry star.
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John Taylor, who has been to every FoW apart from 2022 (blame Covid) with his first published novel. |
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With Marve Michael, winner of the self-edit bursary and keynote speaker for 2024. Full list of bursary winners on the screen behind us.
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Writers writing in my workshop on voice
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Caring and sharing in my Facing the Fear workshop |
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Agent Silé Edwards making connections with one of the Friday Night Live (on Saturday) finalists. |
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The traditional self-edit alumni pic | |
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With Anna Burtt, co-hosting Friday Night Live (on Saturday)
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Bookings open for LFoW24, again in London but in a very swanky venue! The self-edit course, now in its 13th year, is going strong.
Details here. Bursaries available - see
here. For evidence of how transformative the course is, check out our
Hall of Fame.