Tag Archives: Scottish Book Trust

Private Writing Tuition

Posted on July 7, 2018 by councilhousepublishing

I have no formal qualification in teaching. Instead I have a gift for it. I have a talent and it has taken me a long time to admit it. Thanks to HI-Arts and Emergents, I benefitted from a fifteen year … Continue reading →

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Your Inner Writer

Posted on April 2, 2018 by councilhousepublishing

These workshops were inspired by a creative writing workshop I wrote for the WEA Women@Work project. My boss at the project had identified the wave of budding writers across the Highlands and wanted to give them the thing they craved. … Continue reading →

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Prozac

Posted on November 5, 2017 by councilhousepublishing

Prozac It numbs your mind. It gives you false confidence. It makes an alien chemical reaction. Combined with complicated, tiresome processes, it allows you to function differently. Without it, your mind wakes up in a new way, with a new … Continue reading →

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Orla Broderick

Posted on June 1, 2017 by councilhousepublishing

Self promotion is tough when you’re honest. I’d like to be clever and well educated, but I was just a single mum on benefits, cleaning toilets when Maggie, Kate and Peter set about changing my life… Continue reading →

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Orla Broderick won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award

Posted on January 20, 2014 by councilhousepublishing

I am excited and scared to announce that I am one of 11 Scottish Book Trust award winners. Thank you Scottish Book Trust. Thank you Marianne and Pete for helping make this happen. I have housework and parenting to do, … Continue reading →

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