by Mary Oxford
To commemorate its centenary, Mills and Boon are sponsoring an event at the Oxford Literary Festival. UK-based writers Joanne Harris (Chocolat, Blackberry Wine), Katie Fforde (Wild Designs, Paradise Fields), Nicola Cornick (HMB historical writer) and Matt Dunn (The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook, From Here to Paternity), will be discussing How Heroes and Heroines have altered over the past 100 Years. Their chair is Daisy Goodwin, who presented and produced last year’s BBC 4 documentary Reader I Married Him that covered this very topic (although she went back further than 100 years).
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The event takes place on Thursday, 3rd April at 6.30pm in the Marquee at Christ Church college and costs £7.50 (including a glass of wine afterwards). So if you already live in the UK or plan to come here during the month of April, come to Oxford and spend a great hour or two with fellow romantic devotees. Bookings are via the link below (on-line I believe they’re free, but you have to pay a fee if you book over the phone).
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http://www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/howtobook.htm
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Look forward to seeing some of you there.
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Oxford Times article on the event: click here.
Hi Everyone
I’m supposed to be writing an article about a man who does great eportfolios for artists, but the zero comments were really getting to me so I decided to break the duck of my own post. How sad is that?
Putting this event together has been great fun and I was particularly pleased to be able to interview Nicola Cornick for the Oxford Times. I write articles about authors for a living and have interviewed all shapes and sizes, fiction and non-fiction, but this one was just a gift. We had a ball talking romance. Best of all I got to see Nicola’s shelves of keeper romances. I even got to borrow one!
Anyway, to cut a long post short, if some of you can come to the event, I will be so pleased, but I know as so many live far away, the chances are rather small.
By the way, congratulations Lynne for winning the first chapter challenge. I look forward to reading the complete novel one day. The title alone is very compelling!
Better get back to the article now. Deadline’s 8am tomorrow.
Warm wishes
Mary
I wish I didnt live so far away or I would come to all these events. I would be such a pest! I love reading about how authors got started & their experiences writing. how exciting! I always dreamt of writing when I was young but unfortunately got too tied up working 2 jobs forever & then taking care of a sick father and then a sick husband. I try not to feel too bad as I can still read to escape! I have a amazing luck winning sweeps that dont require talent (just online things & mail in things) I won some out of the country trips to cheer up my husband. well the reason I post this is because I am trying to win a trip to the uk and I do have amazing luck so I never know. Meanwhile I hope you have a very successful and fun event! Great work Mary! good luck on the article!! redlighting
I enjoyed reading your comment Mary, and I’m sure you made your deadline in the end.
And good luck redlighting- I hope you do win the trip!
I would love to go, it sounds like a totally fab event, but unfortunately even being in the UK doesn’t make it an option- that’s a regular work day for me, and Oxford is 4 hours away (where’s the billionaire husband with a helicopter on call when you need him?).
Yes I made the deadline thanks. I’m onto the next one now. I know some HMB authors are going to the event, so will try and get photos, although if they’re not modern/presents, are they allowed on this thread?
PS Redlighting, I hope to see you there.
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I am contacting Mills & Boon fans and authors in order to hopefully receive some valuable help and information with my final degree module.
For my final module I have been briefed to choose a brand and then, predict how and where the brand will have developed in ten to fifteen years time, and I have chosen the Mills & Boon brand.
I really want to hear from people who are passionate about Mills & Boon, people of all ages and gender who are willing to answer a few questions for me and help me to understand who the modern romance lover is!
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thank you!