The National Association of Writers

Sue Dodd teaches creative writing in Altrincham, Lymm, Wilmslow and Warrington and has lectured on Scriptwriting at Edge Hill College , Ormskirk. She contributed the Write Lines page for Lancashire Today magazine until its recent demise, has won prizes for poetry, plays and short fiction and chairs the judging panel for the Lymm Festival writing competitions. Play commissions and performances include Chester Gateway. Sue will talk, run workshops, judge competitions and give feedback on all aspects of writing.

Travel: Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Clwyd. Further by special arrangement. Fees negotiable.

Lynne Hackles has had over 400 articles and short stories published in newspapers and magazines, here and in Australia. Lynne has also written for children, and ghosted books. Her regular columns, My Writing Day and Novel Ideas appear in Writing Magazine and she also contributes regular features to Link (the newsletter for NAWG) and Flair For Words.

Lynne is a tutor for a leading correspondence school. She is happy to lead workshops on Writing Women’s Magazines Stories, Writing for Children, Writing For Money, and Using Personal Experience in your Writing.

Jill Butcher is a published author and qualified teacher. She writes romantic novels for Robert Hale and regularly for IPC and DC Thomson magazines, with over 200 short stories published.

Available to run workshops on general creative writing and short story writing, anywhere within an hours drive of Haywards Heath for one session or residential courses further away.

Angela Lansbury is the author of ten books. She writes travel articles and general features. Experience as sub-editor, book editor, encyclopaedia writer, brochure and advertising copywriter. Works from home in NW London as a home tutor for secondary and university students and teachers, helping with research, structure, story shape, spelling and grammar. Will help create programme of creative writing, or critique existing work for exams, competitions, short stories, family history and novels. Also trains in public speaking and can offer on-line help for distant or foreign students. Can do phone interviews to help with speeches, readings, performances, and PowerPoint presentations for universities and business. See section on Angela Lansbury on www.WriteCVs.co.uk

Tamara McKinley is the published author of eight titles, with over ten years of experience, and sales of over a million books world-wide. Tamara runs workshops for those seeking to be published, and will travel within Sussex. Her fee for a half day is £110, and she can be contacted on 01323 484980

Fiona Rigg is a poet, musician and teacher. She offers her services to work with adults, children and community groups. She is available to teach on local and national scales, either following through a project or running one-day workshops. She enjoys inspiring people to use their imaginations in order to write creatively. Fee negotiable. Contact: 01435 863855

Jane Wenham-Jones is a prolific short story and features writer who has had over a hundred short stories published in the women’s magazines as well as articles in various writing publications and the national press. She writes a regular humorous column for Cadenza, a monthly advice piece for Writing Magazine and a weekly column for the Isle of Thanet Gazette - her own local paper - which is part of the Mirror Group. She is the author of three novels. Her first two, RAISING THE ROOF and PERFECT ALIBIS are both published in paperback by Bantam, her third ONE GLASS IS NEVER ENOUGH (Accent Press Ltd) is out now. Never one to shun publicity, Jane has appeared on various TV and radio programmes to promote her work and is a regular after-dinner speaker. She can offer workshops on short story writing, both for competitions and the magazine market, and getting started on a novel. She also gives talks on how to get published and her life as a media tart! See www.janewenham-jones.com for further details.

Fees negotiable. Any distance considered subject to travel expenses or a nice bottle of wine.

Steve Wetton has written for newspapers and magazines and created a comedy/drama series for tv and radio. Has broadcast on local radio and also contributed to many sketch shows. His book, ‘Writing TV Scripts’ was published in February 2005.

Lectured on scriptwriting at Derby University and has been a course tutor or Main Speaker at various Writer’s Holidays, including those at Caerleon and Swanwick. Is happy to lead workshops on scriptwriting, or simply talk about the funny things that happen in the life of a freelance writer.

Write Associates have run workshops for writers at circle meetings and at literary festivals. They also run writing holidays on behalf of HF Holidays. If you’re looking for a workshop that tackles writing for the magazine market, writing articles, short stories, short story competitions or non fiction books, then they’re the people for you. They make their workshops light-hearted and memorable, so you’ll want to dash home and start writing straight away. Who says a Banana isn’t inspiring?

They're based near the Welsh Borders and will consider any requests that don’t involve a ten hour round trip for an hour long workshop. Visit them at www.writeassociates.co.uk or email admin@writeassociates.co.uk

Irene Yates takes private students for various courses: Writing the Novel, Writing for Radio, Children's Writing; Short Story Writing. She also does Reading & Criticism of any kind of writing (including college essays and dissertations!) and will review material for editing if requested. Full information and fees on application. Email: