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Weathervane Live Vocal Books Tour
Megan Taylor's second novel 'The Dawning' was completed whilst studying for her MA in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and published by Weathervane Press in January 2010. Her first Novel, 'How We Were Lost' was published by Flame Books in 2007 and was placed second in the Yeovil Prize.
Megan lives in Nottingham with her husband and two children and is just completing her third novel 'The Lives of Ghosts.'
Megan Taylor
Nigel Pickard's second novel 'Attention Deficit' was published by Weathervane Press in March 2010. His highly acclaimed first novel 'One' was published by Bookase Editions in 2005 and was described by none other than Alan Sillitoe as 'enthralling and original.' Nigel is also a published poet with his collection 'Making Sense' from Shoestring Press.
Nigel lives in Nottingham and is Deputy Head of a comprehensive in the city.
Nigel Pickard
Steven Wilcoxson was born in Nottingham in 1984 and still lives in the City. A prolific writer, he has a significant portfolio of completed fiction. 'Make Less Strangers' is his first publishing success, from Weathervane Press in November 2009.
Steven Wilcoxson
Ian Collinson initiated Weathervane Press in March 2009 with the publcation of his own novel 'I love Samuel Taylor.'
He lives in Nottingham and works locally in the print industry, a background which made tackling the production side of publishing much easier.
Ian also writes and performs poetry and was winner of the Nottingham Poetry Society slam in 2008.
Ian Collinson
Marty Ross is a playwright, storyteller and novelist whose first novel 'Aztec Love Song' was published by Weathervane in September 2009.He has had considerable success with radio drama, such as 'The Darker Side Of the Border' on Radio 4, plus 'Ghost Zone' and 'Catch My Breath' on BBC7.
Marty performs regularly with Nottingham Storytellers at the Trip to Jerusalem pub and his theatre background makes him a real asset for the Weathervane Live Vocal Books Tour. See Wireless Theatre.
Marty Ross
Vocal Books Tour is a brand new initiative for the East Midlands by Weathervane Live, a group of five Nottingham based authors whose dynamic character-driven fiction has all been published by Weathervane Press in the last twelve months and who want to take their work out on the road.
If you belong to a literary group and would like a few of us to read from and talk about our work at one of your meetings, please email us at: mail@weathervanepress.co.uk.
Initially we have to restrict this to the East Midlands due to the time and cost implications of travelling further afield.
For more details on the five novels, see our home page and listen to audio extracts on Weather-eye.