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Future dates
The literary festival season is now well under way and William will be attending some of the major ones. THE GUARDIAN HAY FESTIVAL is Thursday 27th May to Sunday 6th June. Next up among the major festivals is the THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL August 14th-30th. Finally among the big three and closer to hand is THE TIMES CHELTENHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL whose dates this year are 8th to 17th October.
Hyddenworld:Spring
Publication of this first title in his new adult fantasy series marks William’s return to his hallmark genre after nearly fifteen years. It’s also the start of a long-term collaboration with PanMacmillan, Britain’s best and most successful publisher of science fiction and fantasy for adults and children. Each of the four Hyddenworld titles is named after a season, naturally starting with Spring… You can read more about them here. Expect huge themes, exciting plots, vivid descriptions and some unforgettable characters who’ll share their triumphs and tragedies, heroism and flaws, humour and emotion when you join them on a quest to save the Earth, the Universe… and your bit of it too!
Writing Courses
William has run very successful writing courses in Oxford for a number of years helping others realize their potential as writers and get published. Now he’s intending to take his inspiring introductory Foundation Course to other cities this coming Autumn, including London, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. This course is suitable for all levels of writing ability. But numbers are limited so if you’d like to know more and develop your own writing skills with the help of someone who has a huge range of experience in different writing fields let us know here. We’ll get back to you the moment dates and venues are fixed with the details