SDBF25 - Workshops, readings and talks - Room 2
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15:30 - 16:00
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Alison Huntingford
10:05 - 10:35 am
Historical Fiction
Geoff A Wilson
16:15 - 17:00
Some thoughts on writing and publishing by a local author
Maria McCarthy
11:20 - 12:05 am
How To Get Published
Rosemary Griggs
10:40 - 11:10
Historical Biography - is it true?
Ali Simpson
12:15 - 13:00 pm
How to Craft a Murder Mystery
Jonathan Posner
13:45 - 14:15
Beat Writer’s Block
Tim Kindberg
14:55 - 15:25
AI: Writing Without Meaning
Time 10:05 am November 22, 2025
Alison Huntingford
A talk on Historical Fiction in Literature
Alison Huntingford is an only child of two only children and has always felt a distinct lack of family. This inspired her to research her family history which led her to write three full length novels so far: ‘The Glass Bulldog’, ‘A Ha’penny Will Do’ and ‘Dance A Fearful Jig’. She also runs the South Hams Authors Network.
Website: https://alisonhuntingford.com
Email: alisonhuntingford91@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ahuntingford9/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahuntingford9
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahuntingford9/
Time 10:40am, November 22, 2025
Rosemary Griggs
A talk on: Historical Biographical Fiction — is it true?
‘Appearing in her trademark Tudor costume Rosemary will explore the challenges of bringing real people to life in her Daughters of Devon novels’.
website: https://rosemarygriggs.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladykatherinesfarthingale
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griggs6176/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@griggs6176
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/ragriggsauthor.bsky.social
Time 11:20 am, November 22, 2025
Mariam McCarthy
A talk on How to Get Published
Maria McCarthy is an author, journalist, creative writing tutor, editor and publishing coach. She offers editing services and tailored advice on both traditional and indie publishing and teaches creative writing in Exeter and East Devon. Maria has lectured on publishing at Bath and Bristol universities and literature festivals.
Time 12:15 am, November 22, 2025
Ali Simpson
A talk on ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ - How to Craft a Murder Mystery
Ali is a former speech writer and magazine editor and resident of Torquay, and was a published author of romances before switching genre to write sparkling murder mysteries set on the English Riviera in the 1930s. ‘Murder under the Rock’ is the first in a series featuring amateur detectives, Kitty and Nora Markham. When not writing, Ali loves travelling and walking for fitness.
http://www.facebook.com/alisonsimpson.3551/
http://www.instagram.com/asimpson_author
Time: 13:45 pm, November 22, 2025
Jonathon Posner: Beat the Block – 5 tips to help you overcome writer’s block
Jonathan writes 16th century action-adventures. His Witchfinder’s Well trilogy tells how a modern-day girl falls through a worm-hole in time and lands in 1565. The Mary Fox Adventures features a swashbuckling heroine in the 1530s. Jonathan runs Winter & Drew Publishing, and teaches creative writing through Writing at the Edge.
https://jonathanposnerauthor.com
Time 14:55 pm, November 22, 2025
Tim Kindberg
A talk on AI: Writing Without Meaning.
Tim Kindberg (champignon.net) is a writer and digital creative from Bristol. In his dark, twisted novel Vampires of Avonmouth, a detective struggles to regain his humanity from an inner demon - and techno-capitalism, to boot. Future Song, forthcoming, is set in near-future Bristol against a backdrop of adaptation to climate change. He also writes future fairy tales and poetry. He blogs and gives talks about the implications of AI.
https://champignon.net/about/
Time 15:30 pm, November 22, 2025
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Time 16:15 pm, November 22, 2025
Geoff A. Wilson
Some Thoughts on Writing and Publishing by a Local Author
Born in London to a British father and a French mother, Geoff A. Wilson grew up in southern Germany where he went to school and university. He is trilingual in German, French and English. As an academic, Geoff became a world-renowned expert on questions about the resilience of human communities, more specifically about how rural communities cope with, and adapt to, change, disturbances and disasters. Married and with one son, he lives in a small village on the south coast of Devon, UK. Geoff retired in 2019 to become a full-time fiction writer. He specialises in psychological thrillers, children’s fantasy books, short stories and dystopian novels.
