Emma Kittle-Pey

  • Celebrating ten years with Colchester WriteNight

    ‘the town hosts a long-established, innovative and very healthy writing group – WriteNight…’ A.L. Kennedy Ten years ago I discovered National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a challenge held every November to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. There were no meet-ups I could find in Colchester, so I visited a Chelmsford event and… Read more

  • Book Review: Colchester WriteNight

    Originally posted on neverimitate: Colchester WriteNight is a monthly community event that offers members the opportunity to learn from guest speakers, write together, and share their work. The group has been running for ten years and decided to commemorate this anniversary by publishing a short prose collection, in collaboration with Patrician Press. The contributors are… Read more

  • WriteNight — Helen Chambers – Writer

    Helen Chambers on her visit to Colchester WriteNight last week – thanks so much Helen it was great to have you with us! Colchester WriteNight meet on the fourth Monday of each month, 7.30pm, at FirstSite, Colchester. They are a ‘gathering of creative writers from all walks of life’ and are a talented, friendly and… Read more

  • Writing short stories with intention: an interview theshortstory.co.uk

      I wanted to mention the great experience I had last year being interviewed by Katy Wimhurst from TheShortStory.co.uk.  Katy had read all the stories, and by that I mean all of Fat Maggie and Gold Adornments, and asked me about the writing and themes she noticed, and we chatted about others. There were some… Read more

  • A year in the life: Colchester WriteNight

    A very happy writing new year from us at Colchester WriteNight. It’s 2018 already but I’m still reflecting on WriteNight in 2017, and planning the coming year ahead. Early in the year, it was exciting to be part of Essex Book Festival. We invited a panel of three local guest authors – Sarah Armstrong, Liz… Read more

  • How I made it through my first author event…

      I had been invited to attend the evening with established author Stephen May at Red Lion Books in Colchester, and this in itself was very exciting. I’ve read at many events, which has really built my confidence, but to be one of the authors on the poster, to answer questions on my work, was… Read more