Gold Dust Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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‘I don't know of any mentors who put more effort into helping their students.' Russ Thomas, author of best-selling first novel Firewatching, on his mentor, Mike Harris, founder of screenwriting MA at Sheffield Hallam, now available with Gold Dust. Do *you* need a writing mentor?

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‘I loved working with Oliver Harris. His knowledge and encouragement were extremely motivating and I felt I learnt a great deal from his approach to critique. My writing has certainly benefited from his insight.’Sophie Parkes-Nield, author of Out of Human Sight (Northodox, 2023)

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Congratulations to our brilliant Gold Dust mentor @andrewwilsonaw on his new novel, Murder Grove (in his penname of E.V.Adamson), the tale of an eco adventure in Spain going horribly wrong! https://t.co/zTCU2gxhYI

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'Tim instantly adjusted to working with a writer with a completed (but rough!) manuscript and in her 70s. Tim’s warmth and expertise were perfect. Radical Woman: Gwen John & Rodin is being published by EER https://t.co/87zCzifjk7.' Maggie Humm

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We have mentoring places available with amazing writers like Booker-shortlisted Andrew Miller, whose novel The Slowworm's Song is newly published by @SceptreBooks

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When writers talk of ageism in the publishing world I think proudly of the indomitable Sally Cline, who lived such an amazing creative life, writing novels to the very end, and here at her book launch in @heffersbookshop aged 84 (she wrote one more after that, so far unpublished) https://t.co/PzGIsSajCT

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We're delighted to mention another Gold Dust success story. Writer Maggie Humm, mentored by novelist Tim Pears, published her debut novel Talland House, a gripping historical romance/detective fiction set in picturesque Cornwall and London during World War 1.

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@matildainmotion Did you see that the fantastic writer Sharon Blackie, author of Hagitude gave you the most amazing review, Matilda, on her blog I think? Let me know if you haven't seen it and would like us to dig it out for you. She singles out your book, saying it surpasses so many others!

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Costa-winning novelist Andrew Miller, author of Pure, Ingenious Pain & forthcoming, The Slowworm's Song has *one* place for a writer who would like to be mentored by him, to start either Dec or early Jan. Apply now to Gold Dust including synopsis & 5 thousand words of your novel