Drawing on the experience of many well-known authors, in an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how the complex fictional world arrives in a novelist’s mind. Here is a typical comment: “Your talk was great, covering so much ground, and I loved the quotes from so many authors. I’m getting lots of positive feedback, including ‘that was the best talk I’ve heard since I joined u3a!’” Winner of the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Non-fiction Prize 2010, Bobbie is author of five novels, including “The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker” and “The Third Bus”. She has worked as a barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant and volunteer adult-literacy teacher, as well as in social research and government policy. Bobbie lives in London and hosts a writers’ group.

Bobby Darbyshire