In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to chat with author Jonny Williams about his new book - Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to chat about The Derbyshire Writing School Prompt Box. Are you stuck for ideas? Have you ever stared at a blank screen and felt stuck for words? Are you feeling empty or uninspired? Do you need help to get your ideas moving? The new Prompt Box from Derbyshire Writing School could be the answer.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to chat about a question that has mystified writers for centuries - Why Don’t I Even Though I Want To? They discover there is a key thing you need to know to answer the question.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room for a special episode as Pete reads chapter one of his memoir, Gathering Rosebuds in Kerala: A Memoir About Storing Life’s Special Moments. Gathering Rosebuds in Kerala is a journey through bustling cities, backwater canals, and the stunning beaches of South-West India, with insightful reflections on facing ageing, discovering meaning in life, and storing life’s special moments forever.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to look at The Writer’s Toolkit Podcast episodes and reveal exciting information for any writer wanting to improve their skills. This is how the Derbyshire Writing School Writer’s Toolkit podcast episodes came to be. But they’ve gone one step more!

In this episode, Pete and Laura chat with Derbyshire author Sarah Ward. Sarah is the author of four contemporary crime novels set in the Derbyshire Peak District. The Daily Mail described her debut novel, In Bitter Chill, as a ‘Tense, well-told story of loss and family secrets’. Sarah’s published her Gothic thriller, The Quickening, using her middle name, Rhiannon Ward, and was a Radio Times book of 2020. She published the Shadowing in September 2021 and that was a Daily Express book of the year.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to chat about what makes a real writer? What makes someone a writer? Often people will say to us, ‘But I’m not a real writer?’ So what makes a real writer? Pete’s pithy wisdom on what makes a ‘real writer’ (on a mug or a T-shirt - email us!) 'It’s not word the count that matters - but words that count!'

Creative courage can mean taking creative risks. The first thing is to consider how we are taking risks with our story. And this takes courage because we have to challenge ourselves. Are we pushing our story to its limits?!

We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week. Cat Mitchel is a lecturer in writing and publishing, and teaches on the Publishing MA course and the Writing and Publishing BA course at Derby University.

We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week and we are asking the big question – what is genre? Come and find out as we dig deep into this tricky topic.

We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week! We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week. JC Niala is a writer, poet, and playwright, and a keen grower. She is specifically interested in how our imaginations of nature affect how we treat it.

We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week! Isabelle Kenyon is a northern writer and the author of 5 chapbooks. She is the M.D. and editor of Fly on the Wall Press, a socially conscious small press for chapbooks and anthologies. Fly on the Wall Press is a publisher with a difference, an independent publisher with a conscience.

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to chat with three interns who spent time at Derbyshire Writing School this summer. We’ve been working with the University of Derby to offer three paid internships over the summer. This is part of the Universities DRIVEN project, working with business in Derbyshire to provide practical, paid internships to graduates.

We are back! In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to talk about their summer, and update you on their writing and celebrate Derbyshire Writing School’s second birthday!

In this episode, Pete and Laura head over to The Writer’s Room to review the highs and lows and lessons learned in the last 33 episodes before they head off on Summer break.

We are back in the writers’ room and we have a guest in our hot seat this week! Lauren Davison, our staff blogger. Lauren Davison is a Creative Writing student, currently studying at the University of Derby, and she answers the big question–Could Writing Be Good For You?

In this special edition Laura and Pete chat about publishing his book - Gathering Rosebuds in Kerala. Part colourful travelogue, part heart-warming memoir, Gathering Rosebuds in Kerala, is a journey through bustling cities, backwater canals, and the stunning beaches of South-West India, with insightful reflections on facing ageing, discovering meaning in life, and storing life’s special moments forever.