Workshop Leader: Emma Woodhouse
Emma is the author of Mary, Queen of the Forty, the true history of Mary Carr, leader of the Forty Thieves gang, as seen in Disney Plus series, A Thousand Blows.
After working for ten years at Blists Hill Victorian Town and then as a teacher Emma now explores Victorian life in her writing.
Emma’s novels The Prendergast Watch and Simple Twists of Fate, were published by Holand Press in February and March 2025. Her next novel, Mercy, will be published by Cranthorpe Millner, July 2025.
She is currently working on a non-fiction book about the life of Mary Carr which will be published by Pen & Sword Books in 2026.
Bring a pen, paper and some cash to pay the library hire fee (about £3)
6 comments:
Well done Emma, we are fortunate to have you as part of our lovely group. Looking forward to a workshop on my favourite genre 🙂
Looking forward to attending your workshop, thank you for leading it.
I wasn't sure whether I would gain anything from this workshop however I am extremely glad I did attend as Emma was informative and explained the concept of writing creative non-fiction. Emma provided us with some pieces of writing, such as one from Ernest Hemingway and asked us to identify characters and moods etc. We then undertook an exercise to write, in the first person, about an experience from our past. Emma has inspired me to pick up writing again.
Thank you very much for your workshop Emma and for sharing your writing - it was very powerful.
That’s amazing Marie, and I really want to read some of your writing! It sounded really entertaining! I love the idea of the mystery that is set in Bridgnorth!
Thanks Sue, I was hoping to get to hear some work from the group but the fire alarm had other ideas!
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