Author: writelikeagrrrl

Kerry Ryan has a PhD in creative writing and has tutored writing workshops at the Feminist Library, Glasgow Women’s Library and with women leaving sex work at Routes Out. Her writing has featured in a range of publications including The Kenyon Review, 3:am magazine, Alternative and Indigo Rising. Her story, The Bird, won first prize in Spilling Ink’s short story competition. She is currently writing a novel set in London in 1914, The Art of Mimicry, which was recently shortlisted in Myriad Editions Writer’s Retreat Competition.

Write like a Grrrl: Russia

Write like a Grrrl is taught in Moscow and Kazan by two amazing women, Sasha Shadrina and Svetlana Lukyanova who run feminist website no-kidding Svetlana Lukyanova has a degree in philology and specialises in children’s literature. She is co-founder and coeditor at No-kidding.ru and works as a writer in PR. And now facilitates Write like […]

Grrrl Con

Over two days in Edinburgh, Write Like a Grrrl and For Books’ Sake championed writing by women and celebrated the women writers we love with a diverse, amazing programme of practical talks, workshops and advice. Over 90 women attended Grrrl Con and a brilliant, inspiring time was had by all. Aimed at emerging women writers of […]

Learning to write like a grrrl…

Read this wonderful review of Nikki Lou’s experience at one of our Ignite courses in the North, facilitated by Jane Bradley… The day I attended in Liverpool was led by Jane Bradley, the founder and director of For Book’s Sake. Jane is a published author and has also experience in editing, which made her ideal […]

Mookychick interview…

Check out this wonderful Mookychick interview with our Grrrl in Scotland, Claire Askew Can we just say that Write Like a Grrrl is a genius idea. It came from Kerry Ryan, WLAG! founder and our brilliant London tutor. She invented the course as a result of her own struggles with her novel; she was completing […]

A Thoroughly Modern Millennial

Enjoy this review of a London day course by Ria from Thoroughly Modern Millennial Last Saturday I pulled myself out of bed at 6am and hopped off on the coach to Camden. Why? Well, I decided to see if I had what it takes to ‘Write Like A Grrl’. You may have seen some of […]

Write like a Grrrl

Write like a Grrrl offers creative writing courses for women across the UK in collaboration with For Books’ Sake. Courses include our six week Ignite course and the six-week progression course, The Next Step which take place in Manchester, London, and Edinburgh throughout the year, as well as our intensive day courses in Liverpool, Leeds, […]

Write like a Grrrl: Brighton

Write like a Grrrl & For Books’ Sake visited Brighton in June this year and what a time was had. It was brilliant to meet such enthusiastic women of all ages and backgrounds raring to get writing. New Writing South were our hosts for this intensive day course. A brilliant, welcoming venue which does a […]

Jess Glaisher

Write like a Grrrl: London Earlier this year, I did some re-evaluating of my work life balance and decided that I needed to make more time for my other passions – writing being the main one I wanted to focus on. I’ve been writing for a long time but never had the discipline to finish […]

Sian Norris

Write like a Grrrl: Bristol day course I’d never done any creative writing courses or workshops before – I’ve been writing for years but have never had any formal training! And so I thought if I was going to do it, I wanted to do it in an all-woman space, and obviously I write for […]

Nadia Henderson

Write like a Grrrl: London I signed up for the six week Write like a Grrrl course in 2014 because I hadn’t written any fiction in a while and knew that I wanted to get back into it. However, I was really lacking in motivation. The course was good value and I really liked the […]