Monthly Archives: February 2015
Finding art in taking risks: Doug Williams
By Roz Kay “I have hated this play sometimes,” says Doug Williams. Strong words, when you’re talking about something you’ve written yourself. But it’s not so much the play: it’s the formidable struggle with writing and rewriting that drives a … Continue reading
Posted in Playwright interviews
Tagged Azuka Theatre, Doug Williams, Ed Sobel, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Kevin Glaccum, Kevin Meehan, Manhattan Theatre Club, Moon Cave, Philadelphia, PlayPenn, PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, playwright, Steppenwolf, Taysha Canales, Temple University, theatre
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Enriching history with a story-teller’s voice: Hazel Gaynor
By Roz Kay Hazel Gaynor’s second historical novel, A Memory of Violets, tells the tale of two orphaned Victorian flower sellers, seen through the troubled eyes of Tilly. Tilly stumbles on the story of Florrie and her sister Rosie in 1912 … Continue reading
Posted in Author interviews, Fiction, Historical fiction
Tagged A Christmas Carol, A Memory of Violets, Cecil Day Lewis award for Emerging Writers, Charles Dickens, Clerkenwell, Eliza Doolittle, flower girls, flower sellers, HarperCollins, Hazel Gaynor, Henry Mayhew, historical fiction, Historical Novel Society Conference, John Groom, language of flowers, London, London poor, Manchester Metropolitan University, My Fair Lady, New York Times bestseller, Romantic Novelists' Association, Roz DeKett, The Girl Who Came Home, Titanic, Victorian, William Morrow
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