Tue, 13 December 2011
In the third of the Writers' Guild's Off the Shelf at Black's events, Jake Wallis Simons (pictured with Jan Woolf from the Guild's Books Committee) talks about his latest novel The English German Girl. |
Fri, 9 December 2011
Susan Calman (stand-up comic and star of Radio 4’s News Quiz) chairs a panel discussing whether it has become easier for women writers to break into comedy.
She is joined by Jo Bunting (producer of Have I Got News For You and That Sunday Show), Claire Zolkwer (head of comedy at ITV), Tamzin Cary executive producer of Paul and writer of new movie Albatross, and Andrea Mann (comedy writer).
Recorded at the Free Word Centre in London, 23 November 2011
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Fri, 18 November 2011
Jemima Hunt talks about her career as a novelist and her current work-in-progress - recorded at the second Writers' Guild Off The Shelf At Black's event. |
Thu, 3 November 2011
Experienced scriptwriters Chris Thompson and Dawn Harrison discuss their approach to writing for long-running TV series. |
Tue, 11 October 2011
Jan Woolf introduces novelist Lindsay Clarke (The Water Theatre and Whitbread winner for The Chymical Wedding) at the first of the Writers' Guild's Off The Shelf At Black's events. Details of future events: http://www.writersguild.org.uk/news-a-features/books/194-off-the-shelf-at-blacks |
Thu, 30 June 2011
Elly Brewer and Amanda Swift discuss their approaches to writing television for children and young people. |
Sun, 5 June 2011
Bill Armstrong talks about getting his first break on Doctors, writing the Indian Doctor for BBC TV and why he has learned to love script editors. |
Mon, 11 April 2011
Writers' Guild General Secretary Bernie Corbett outlines major new developments in TV and radio, and responds to the recent legal judgement on the Google Books Settlement. |
Mon, 28 February 2011
Jane Berthoud (Head of BBC Radio Comedy) and writer Dave Cohen discuss the state of BBC radio comedy and the opportunities for writers |
Sat, 12 February 2011
Rachel Flowerday and Dana Fainaru discuss writing for Doctors, Casualty and Holby City and explain what it's like to graduate from the BBC Writers' Academy. |