jacquilofthouse
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@jacquilofthouse
Novelist (Penguin/Bloomsbury/Blackbird). Founder of The Writing Coach @writingcoachuk, a coaching and mentoring organisation for writers.
It’s been a tough year with runaway print costs - and this makes us feel, more than ever, that we stand no chance with the one funding body the UK has. “Terms like ‘excellence’ are indicative of cultural hierarchies about what kind of works are valued.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Oh just me trying to look super cool and casual in front of a pre-publication poster of #ABirdinWinter. (With apologies to the nice young man who I made move out of the way, take a picture for me AND pre-order the book).
📢 Yesterday we joined @Demos and @PrincesTrust to give evidence in Parliament @YouthAPPG – giving our perspective on the barriers and opportunities facing young people entering the workplace and the impact enrichment and volunteering has on developing skills.
Labour GAIN Thanet 🌹
But my biggest thanks goes to @jacquilofthouse from @WritingCoachUK. This feels v. much our joint success as you've been so instrumental in helping me to shift my creative practice as part of my #DYCP. I've loved having a dialogue with you about the direction of this novel.
