The Away Day – BPA Enjoys First In-Person Event in Two Years

On Saturday October 16, BPA invited 26 writers to a country house setting in Kintbury, Berkshire, for our long-awaited Away Day. Once the room was full, the atmosphere was buzzing with creativity and a specific brand of friendliness we’ve come to expect from the...

BPA Client Maggie Richell-Davies Publishes Debut Novel with Sharpe Books

The Servant by Maggie Richell-Davies was published by Sharpe Books on April 23rd 2020 and is available to purchase here. BPA editor Frances Merivale enjoyed working on the novel back in 2019, and the whole team at BPA is delighted that The Servant is now in...

2021 BPA First Novel Award Winners

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10 Ways to ‘Show Rather than Tell’

10 Ways to ‘Show Rather than Tell’

Show, don’t tell – what does it mean? You don’t have to be a writer long to get the classic writing advice, ‘Show, don’t tell,’ lodged in your psyche. It’s normal to write first drafts packed with telling sentences like, ‘she...

Voice & POV – November 25

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