18 April 2019
Lizzie Mary Cullen: ‘I’ve always loved storytelling through my illustration’
From Our StudentsLizzie Mary Cullen is a multi award-winning illustrator, speaker and artist based in London, as well as a member of the AOI (Association of Illustrators). Last year she took part in our inaugural online Writing and Illustrating a Picture Book course, written and presented by Sarah McIntyre and David O’Connell. We interviewed Lizzie for the AOI website about the challenges […]
16 April 2019
Hannah O’Brien: ‘Be prepared to be part of a team’
Curtis Brown 120Welcome to the next in our series of Curtis Brown 120 blog posts, these blogs include exclusive interviews with authors, agents and publishers; writing tips; industry insights – and much more besides. Today the CB120 team talk to the wonderful Hannah O’Brien (@HannahGamon), the Marketing Director for HarperFiction and Avon (HarperCollins). Among other things, Hannah talks about her first […]
15 April 2019
Tracy Chevalier: ‘Consistency is key’
Author Interviews, Curtis Brown 120Welcome to the next in our series of Curtis Brown 120 blog posts, these blogs include exclusive interviews with authors, agents and publishers; writing tips; industry insights – and much more besides. This week we are rather excited to be talking to Tracy Chevalier. Tracy is, of course, the bestselling author of the likes of Girl with a Pearl Earring, The […]
10 April 2019
Christina Pishiris: ‘I didn’t realise how important it was to have regular feedback’
Author Interviews, From Our StudentsChristina Pishiris studied on our Autumn 2012 novel-writing course in London, alongside fellow published alumni Lisa Williamson (author of YA bestseller The Art of Being Normal), James Hall (The Industry of Happiness), Maria Realf (The One) and Fiona Perrin (The Story After Us). Christina’s debut Love Song For Sceptics – the novel she worked on during the course – is set to be published […]
09 April 2019
How to prepare a great submission to the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize
Curtis Brown 120, EventsAs part of its 120th birthday celebrations, Curtis Brown – in partnership with Curtis Brown Creative – has launched the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel Prize, our mission to find the exciting new voices of the future. Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and A Single Thread, will chair the judging […]
04 April 2019
#WriteCBC: Writing tip and writing task from Lucy Morris
Events, From the Agents, Writing TipsSpring has sprung at CBC Towers in London – and we are celebrating with our April edition of #WriteCBC, our monthly writing competition on Twitter. This month we’re joined by the very lovely Lucy Morris – the Curtis Brown literary agent who recently negotiated a fab publishing deal with Headline for former CBC student Hazel Barkworth. Lucy […]
03 April 2019
Celebrating three novel-writing scholarship winners with book deals
Events, From Our StudentsAt Curtis Brown Creative we are committed to championing talented writers and helping them to get the best out of their novels. We are thrilled to be able to find a writers through scholarship programs who we might not otherwise have heard from. Over the past year three of our novel-writing scholarship winners have gone on to get […]
02 April 2019
Science Fiction author Greg Chivers interviews himself
Author Interviews, From Our Students, Writing TipsWe caught up with Greg Chivers* to talk about his novel The Crying Machine (HarperVoyager) which is coming out on April 4th. He wrote it while participating in our 3-month London-based course with Charlotte Mendelson. Tell us about your novel in a way that looks like it’s imparting valuable knowledge to all the aspiring authors who’ll be reading this. […]
29 March 2019
Lucy Morris: ‘Have confidence – avoid the urge to be self-deprecating’
From the AgentsWe’re thrilled to announce that our special guest for April’s #WriteCBC is Curtis Brown agent Lucy Morris. #WriteCBC is our monthly Twitter writing competition, find out more about how to join in the fun here. Before you check out Lucy’s writing tip and writing task, we wanted you to find out a bit more about […]
29 March 2019
Our favourite fictional mothers: Happy Mother’s Day
Curtis Brown 120, From the AgentsWelcome to the next in our series of Curtis Brown 120 blog posts, these blogs include exclusive interviews with authors, agents and publishers; writing tips; industry insights – and much more besides. In honour of Mother’s Day, our agents at Curtis Brown and C&W are celebrating our favourite mothers in fiction – the wonderful and the terrible, […]
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