Playing the feminist card strikes me as intellectually lazy.
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Playing the feminist card and blaming the 'patriarchy'
in News & views
Late Lines Event
in Events
The City LIt, where I teach a creative writing course, a course for would-be bloggers and a course on the Oulipo is holding another Late Lines event.
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The London Book Fair 2025 #2
More news about the LBF’s programme this year. This post is about a seminar for self-publishers.
Read MoreQuick looks: The Oxford Book of Caribbean Stories
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One of the things I think can add to one’s enjoyment and also improve one’s writing is to read stories from other cultures.
Read MoreThe London Book Fair 2025 #1
It’s coming up to that time of year again: the London Book Fair.
Read MoreMy reviews published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024
This pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.
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Compare and contrast: Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels across the World of Literature
Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
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Compare and contrast: Hitler’s People – The Faces of the Third Reich
Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
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Compare and contrast: Review of How to Teach Literature – and Still Love Reading
Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
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Compare and contrast: Review of Dickens: The Funny Bits
Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
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A writer, by Terry Freedman
My 60 Minute Writer course
Next week I’ll be teaching a course called The 60 Minute Writer. The title always makes me smile because it sounds like I teach people how to be a writer in an hour. It reminds me of a joke by, I think, Frank Carson…
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