The Writer as an Outsider

Join acclaimed Royal Literary Fund writers, Marnie Riches, Pauline Rowe and Tania Hershman for an engaging panel discussion about the art of writing.

They will read aloud pieces, penned by other RLF authors, regarding writer's craft and the writers' life, also sharing insights into their own creative processes.

Bring your questions and curiosity to this panel that celebrates the power of words.

Recommended age 14+

Pauline Rowe has worked in Merseyside for 20 years promoting poetry and creative writing in health and community settings. She is a Continuing Education tutor at Liverpool University. She has a PhD in creative writing and recent publications with Maytree Press. She is a Director of Liverpool Poetry Space.

A queer writer of odd things, Tania Hershman is the author of ten books of stories, poems and hybrids, most recently the hybrid creative-non-fiction book 'It's Time: A Chronomemoir' (Guillemot Press, 2025). Tania has a PhD in creative writing inspired by particle physics, and runs the Unbox Your Words writing workshops.

Since 2015 publication of her award-winning debut, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die, Marnie Riches has become a bestselling contributor to crime fiction, selling hundreds of thousands of books internationally. She also writes historical romance as Maggie Campbell, teaches for the Royal Literary Fund and is CEO of arts policy think-tank, Culture Together.

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Bolton Central Library and Museum, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, United Kingdom

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