Belfast’s Greatest Scientists - Part 2. From Northern Ireland Science Festival 2024.

Belfast born Lucy Caldwell on how to Know What You Write.

https://youtu.be/F1YwbwCRa-g

Cc @norniron

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Love this advice for young writers of #HistoricalFiction from our 2023 #WalterScottPrize winner Lucy Caldwell, author of THESE DAYS (@faberbooks): remember, your characters are living on the cutting edge and know nothing of the future. See more tips for young writers in our YouTube playlist
https://bit.ly/YWSPadvice

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Congratulations to Lucy Caldwell, winner of the £25,000 #WalterScottPrize 2023 for Historical Fiction with THESE DAYS (FaberBooks). "Through the visceral shock of the 1941 Belfast Blitz the reader learns exactly what war means," the judges said. Learn more:

https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/lucy-caldwell-wins-2023-walter-scott-prize-for-these-days/

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Enjoy new short fiction from #WalterScottPrize winner Lucy Caldwell, author of THESE DAYS, on BBC Radio 4: "Daphne" >> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n21r

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Lucy Caldwell's #WalterScottPrize winning THESE DAYS (Faber Books) includes the story of the real Doreen Bates: listen to Lucy's fascinating chat with Doreen's daughter Dr. Margaret Esiri - with thanks to the podcast A Wee Bit of War @wartimeni
https://wartimeni.com/audio/episode-06-the-diaries-of-doreen-bates/

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Congratulations Louise Harper, our lucky newsletter subscriber who's just won a full set of #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction shortlisted books!

Q: Who do you think will take home the £25,000 Prize tomorrow?

THESE DAYS by #LucyCaldwell
THE GEOMETER LOBACHEVSKY by #AdrianDuncan
ACT OF OBLIVION by #RobertHarris
THE CHOSEN by #ElizabethLowry
THE SUN WALKS DOWN by #FionaMcFarlane
ANCESTRY by #SimonMawer
I AM NOT YOUR EVE by #DevikaPonnambalam

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Lucy Caldwell, being brilliant as usual, with a Christmas story.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2022/12/24/lay-me-down-a-christmas-short-story-by-lucy-caldwell/

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Saturday afternoon reading

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This is rather good.

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