Encouraged by a friend, Christine signed up for the Creative Writing course at The Open University. After completing the advanced course, and heading towards retiral, she decided to return to university as a part time student on the MLitt Creative Writing course at Stirling. Her short story, ‘Advent’ will feature in this year’s Stryvling PressContinue reading “Q&A with Christine Appleyard, author of ‘Advent’”
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Reading Recommendations from the authors of ‘Time and Tide’
Last month we brought you ten of our publishing team’s reading recommendations for lockdown. We are so glad the post went down well, and we loved having book chatter with you all over on our socials. This time around some of our Time and Tide authors are sharing another five brilliant books that they haveContinue reading “Reading Recommendations from the authors of ‘Time and Tide’”
Abigail Humphreys on her short fiction ‘Not Just Any Bear Will Do”
Let me introduce myself. I’m Abigail Humphreys, but everyone just calls me Abbie, so you might as well too. Although I’ve been writing for a large chunk of my life now, I didn’t really internalise that I could be an author until a year or so ago. A lot of that boils down to permission.Continue reading “Abigail Humphreys on her short fiction ‘Not Just Any Bear Will Do””
WATCH: Marketing Time and Tide
A behind-the-scenes look at the marketing process of Time & Tide. Stryvling Press catch up with Bethany Watson, a member of the marketing team on the publishing press’ latest literary anthology, Time and Tide.
Q&A with Lauren Ross, author of ‘November Took My Father’
Lauren Ross is the author of the memoir piece ‘November Took My Father’ which features in Stryvling Press’ Time and Tide anthology. When she’s not researching for yet another historical novel idea, Lauren can be found tutoring kids, at the cinema, or walking around her beloved home city of Edinburgh. Last year, she gained aContinue reading “Q&A with Lauren Ross, author of ‘November Took My Father’”
WATCH: Editing ‘Time & Tide’
Interested in becoming an editor? Or maybe you’re just generally curious about the publishing process. In the run up to Stryvling Press’ third anthology, Time & Tide, we’ve been catching up with our publishing team to learn more about the process of creating a book. In our first video, one of the Time & TideContinue reading “WATCH: Editing ‘Time & Tide’”
Reading Recommendations for Lockdown
During these strange times, we’re all trying to find a bit of comfort, normality and escape. With this in mind, the Stryvling team have decided to share a series of our reading recommendations here on our blog. This month, the publishing team are recommending 10 books we’ve been reading to beat boredom during lockdown. TheContinue reading “Reading Recommendations for Lockdown”
The Process of Editing an Anthology
Editing has been something that I’ve really enjoyed throughout my university studies, and gaining some insight into what is required of a professional editor has been one of my favourite parts of the Publishing MLitt. I find it exciting that the role comes with a lot of responsibility, taking a central role in shaping theContinue reading “The Process of Editing an Anthology”
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