I’m really looking forward to taking part in the latest Linen Press Inside the Linen Cupboard event, “Writing Character in Fiction”.
Novelist Susan Clegg and I will be discussing how to write character, in particular characters who are dark, difficult and yet utterly credible. If you’ve read any of my work then you’ll know that I love a dark character!
The discussion will be followed by a wee Q & A.
It’s on the 28th of June at 7pm and tickets are free and available by registering here.
It would be amazing to see as many people as possible there!
I’m a novelist and award-winning documentary filmmaker.
My debut novel, 'The Birds That Never Flew', was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. 'Almost Then', my second novel, was published by Linen Press in April 2021.
I write, produce and direct documentary films and won Royal Television Society Scotland awards in 2015 with 'Jock Stein' and for 'Jim Baxter' in 2016. 'Jimmy Johnstone' was nominated for a bronze Torc for Excellence in 2017. My feature length documentary film 'Tommy Burns won a Royal Television Society award in 2019 and 'The Women Who Built Glasgow City' won the same award in 2021.
I made two children who are now making children too. That's the biggest achievement of all. I live in Glasgow, Scotland and Rathlin Island, Ireland.
If you want to get in touch you can email me: margot@purpletv.tv. If you'd like me to attend a literature event then please have a look at my Scottish Book Trust profile.
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