The Biographers’ Club has announced the 2011 short lists for the Tony Lothian Prize and the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize – and two of those on the five-person shortlist for the former have been mentored by our phenomenal Gold Dust mentor, the biographer and writer Sally Cline. In alphabetical order, the two mentees… Continue reading…
Success for Saywell
Soon to be publishing her second novelTwitcher, Cherise Saywell is fulsome in her praise of Gold Dust mentor Lesley Glaister: ‘When I applied to Gold Dust I had written a novel and was struggling to find an agent,’ says Cherise. ‘I didn’t know if my novel was any good, or if I should just put… Continue reading…
Award for Gold Dust author
Bronx-born Pamela Vincent (who divides her time between London and Hove in Sussex) mentored by Gold Dust founder Jill Dawson, has won a Brit Writers Award for her novel Swamps and Marshes, it was recently announced at a glitzy O2 ceremony. Warm congratulations to Pamela from everyone at Gold Dust! Continue reading…
Gold Dust author lands publishing deal
Writer Jane Rusbridge is to publish her first novel, following her experience of Gold Dust mentoring by Kathryn Heyman. Jane Rusbridge’s novel The Devil’s Music will be published in July by Bloomsbury. Fans of Sadie Jones will delight in Jane’s haunting and lyrical debut about love, betrayal and family secrets. In the acknowledgments Jane thanks her Gold… Continue reading…
