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Mentors

Our mentors make up an extremely impressive team. They have been carefully selected for their ability to engage with developing writers on an ongoing level. Together they have written numerous books, taught at prestigious universities, worked for leading literary agencies, and more.

We pride ourselves on finding the right mentor for you to work with. We will fully discuss your preferences and needs at the outset of the course, hopefully together finding the ideal match. In certain cases, we are able to match from within our Reader list if we feel there is someone particularly suited to your project who does not feature below, but the mentors below are those who have been working with us on this programme for some time and have an excellent record of working in a longer-term capacity with writers. Please see below for more information about our mentors.

Jane Adams (Jane A Adams) is the author of more than forty published novels. These are broadly …
Michelle was born in Guyana, South America in 1969. Her interest in African traditional spiritual practices and …
Frankie Bailey began her scriptwriting career as a ‘one-liner and sketch writer’ for Lenny Henry and Tracey …
Kavita Bhanot’s fiction, non-fiction, reviews have been published and broadcast widely, including the landmark essay ‘Decolonise, not …
Too Asian Not Asian Enough, Kavita Bhanot – TLC Reader
Rose Billington is associate editor at the Literary Consultancy. She was an agent at the Wylie Agency, …
Sarah Bower is a novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, The Needle in the Blood, …
Megan Bradbury is a novelist based in Norwich. Her first novel, Everyone is Watching, which was published …
Sarah Butler has three novels published by Picador in the UK and with fourteen international publishers: Ten …
Dr Stephen Carver is an award-winning author, editor, and literary historian. He formally taught literature and creative …
Jude Cook lives in London and studied English Literature at UCL, where he graduated with a First. …
Rishi Dastidar is a fellow of The Complete Works, a consulting editor at The Rialto magazine, a …
Julia Forster has worked in publishing for over twenty years. She is currently Co-Director of Being A …
Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Her first novel, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before …
Anna Jean Hughes has been editing and publishing books for over fifteen years. There was a brief …
Michael Langan is a writer, editor and teacher. He has facilitated writing workshops for over 20 years …
Sue Lascelles has many years’ editorial experience and has worked for some of the UK’s leading publishing …