The perfect bedtime story lasts eight minutes and 36 seconds, and includes a dragon, a princess, a wizard and a fairy according to a recent study by Butlin’s. The research also found that parents spent a total of almost one
Sell out event at Chichester library
The Chichester library hosted a panel discussion with four independent writers talking about their experiences of self-publishing on the evening of 23 June as part of the 2015 Chichester Festival. CHINDI members Jane Cable, Helen Christmas, Jeremy Good and Ray
Great fun had by all at the CHINDI Writers’ Workshop
The CHINDI Writers’ Workshop, ‘From Pen to Publication’, proved to be a big hit with budding writers and poets. It was held at the Novium Museum on the morning of Saturday 20 June as part of the 2015 Chichester Festival. The
General Election 2015 – Which Books get your Vote?
With just a few weeks to the General Election, has your inner political animal emerged from hibernation yet? Does it fancy counting down to the Big Night in the company of a political satire, or a Cabinet Minister’s indiscreet diaries?
How long does it take to write a novel?
The writer Akhil Sarma recently defied the book-maker’s predictions by winning the prestigious Folio Prize for ‘Family Life’, an autobiographical story of Indian immigrants in America. Interestingly he described writing this,his second novel, as “like chewing stones”, and regularly gave
WORLD BOOK DAY
To celebrate World Book Day on 5 March members of CHINDI, the local independent authors group, held an online discussion about the books that had influenced their writing. “The group has grown to over 20 members now,” says co-founder Christopher
The Twoleg from Chichester (and Fishbourne, Once Upon a Time)
For those who regularly frequent the Bull’s Head in Fishbourne, author Christopher Joyce is a familiar name and face on a Friday evening. Until recently, he lived in Fishbourne with his partner when the ideal home in Chichester town centre
CHINDI 2014 – A year in review
Its first year of existence has been a highly successful and productive year for CHINDI, Chichester’s local network of independent writers. The group was co-founded by Christopher Joyce and Jeremy Good in January 2014 who discovered they were both independently
Self-publishing is back!
Before the 19th century it was common for writers to publish themselves, a practice that carried no particular stigma, but wasn’t always convenient. One author in Paris had to direct buyers of his books to his home on “Mazarine Street,
Once upon a time
Once upon a time we were all children and most of us loved nothing more than having a bedtime story read to us. There’s something really powerful about listening to a story rather than reading it. The reader is forced