Waterstones Middlesbrough talk

Do you live near Middlesbrough in the UK? I’m doing a free event in Waterstones Middlesbrough later this month with fellow author Stephen Aryan. Stephen is the author of the Age of Darkness trilogy. Battlemage, the first book in the series was published in September 2015 by Orbit books in the USA and UK. Book 2, …

Creative Factory workshop

I often use Story Cubes at schools and workshops to get ideas started. They’re a really useful and fun tool, and they prove that even the most reluctant storyteller can come up with ideas. I recently did a workshop for the Creative Factory in Stockton-on-Tees. Creative Factory is a group of young people who meet weekly …

Pupils for MacMillan Academy with writer Niel Bushnell and animator Mark Jobe

A year of author events

As the year draws to a close I’m about to complete my last school event of 2014. I’ve done lots of talks, workshops and signings this year so I thought I’d share some highlights with you. MacMillan Academy, Middlesbrough. I spent a week at the MacMillan Academy helping the pupils develop and write a script for …

Snapshots from Sweden

Last year I was lucky enough to be asked by New Writing North to go to the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden. I had a great time and made some new friends, including Jan Smedh from The English Bookshop in Uppsala, Sweden. Since then Jan and I have stayed in touch and he was kind enough …

Read Regional Q&A

I’ve been doing lots of events for the Read Regional campaign over the last few months which I’ll be blogging about soon. But in the meantime there’s a Q & A with me on the Read Regional website here: http://www.readregional.com/2014/04/29/qa-with-niel-bushnell-author-of-sorrowline/