Authors Lives

Sometimes the life of an author can be more interesting than their books. Here we can debate and analyse the lives of our favourite authors – Famouse or not!

GET STUFFED – and other advice for travel guide writers

Sunday, July 11, 2010
By Wendy Mewes
GET STUFFED – and other advice for travel guide writers

Wendy Mewes almost bites off more than she can chew I was asked to write the new Footprint guide to Brittany in June 2009. It looked a decent contract: reasonable recompense, good expenses, and a fairly free hand for choosing my subject matter. But as is always the case with time-sensitive publications, it turned into... »

George East Column – The Reluctant Traveller!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
By Cordelia
George East Column  – The Reluctant Traveller!

As promised in the last edition of BWM, here is our first contribution by a travel writer who appears to be on the way to becoming a permanent writer in residence in Brittany. For his first observation on the arts, crafts and trials of writing about foreign parts, George East discusses... »

Nicci Fletcher Column – No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer!

Sunday, November 15, 2009
By Cordelia
Nicci Fletcher Column – No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer!

No Plan survives first contact with an aspiring writer. (part 1) It was my birthday last week. Pause for appropriate exchange of pleasantries. For me, like many others, this is usually a time for contemplation about the success and failures of the past year. Fortunately I’ve got several years to go... »

The George East Column arrives at Brittany Writers Magazine!

Thursday, November 12, 2009
By The Editor
The George East Column arrives at Brittany Writers Magazine!

If anyone should know his onions about France and the French, it’s George East. The former nightclub bouncer, private detective, radio DJ, publican, gravedigger and pickled onion manufacturer has been writing about and messing around in France for more than thirty years. As he cheerfully concedes, he still can’t speak the language properly and is... »

Send in your Book Reviews

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By The Editor
Send in your Book Reviews

Have you read a good book recently, or do you have a favourite old friend? Why not enlighten our readers with your personal review. Any kind of book will do, but obviously if they are connected with Brittany or France the better for us. Do you know a published author? Why not accompany your book review by interviewing... »

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