Posted on April 29, 2012 by rosbarber
Ros will be participating in WordJam on 18 May 2012 as part of the Brighton Fringe, alongside Pete Hunter, Sally Jenkinson and Rosy Carrick, who curated and will MC the event. Facebook page for the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/448651305150515/ Ros Barber Ros is the author of forthcoming verse novel The Marlowe Papers (Sceptre, 2012) and three collections of […]
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Posted on April 29, 2012 by rosbarber
On 30 May 1593, celebrated young playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a tavern brawl in London… or did he re-invent himself as one William Shakespeare? Award-winning poet Ros Barber discusses her enthralling and hugely acclaimed new verse novel The Marlowe Papers with Shakespearean scholar Bill Leahy and writer Will Self. When: Tue 29 May […]
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Posted on April 29, 2012 by rosbarber
Sceptre is 25 Andrew Miller, Ros Barber, Jess Richards, Clare Morrall. Chaired by Dr Katy Shaw To celebrate Sceptre’s 25th anniversary, a selection of its established and emerging authors read from their latest and forthcoming books. Andrew Miller has just won the coveted Costa Book of the Year for his sixth novel, Pure, a gripping […]
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Posted on March 7, 2012 by rosbarber
Or, the most useful thing I ever learnt from The Catalyst Club It is perhaps somewhat of a cliche that writers and wine have a special relationship. Like Reagan and Thatcher, like a sprain and brace, one provides appropriate support for the other. If you want to have a successful book launch, and you’d like lots […]
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Posted on February 20, 2012 by rosbarber
Over the weekend, the cover proof for The Marlowe Papers arrived. I swear it’s the most beautiful object I’ve ever held in my hands. The photograph doesn’t do it justice – the apple, and Fay Weldon’s quote, is in brown foil, the grub and stalk in gold. The spine is beige rather than yellow. The […]
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Posted on January 3, 2012 by rosbarber
New Blood Five very different, but equally exciting debut novelists talk about their work and their journey to publication. The Times described Selma Dabbagh’s debut, Out of It, as “A punchy first novel … beautifully observed … the plot races and the voices are strong.” Peter Salmon’s first novel, The Coffee Story, was chosen by Toby […]
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Posted on December 31, 2011 by rosbarber
Here we are at the end of another year. But not any old year. For me, 2011 was exceptional. In March, I landed the major book deal I had dreamt about since I was 9 year years old. In May, I was awarded the doctorate I had worked solidly towards for four years and wanted […]
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Posted on November 18, 2011 by rosbarber
New Boy by Ros Barber He is walking a line; his footsteps mark a square around the playground. The others forget his name: a boy that isn’t really anywhere.
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Posted on September 26, 2011 by rosbarber
11am Creative Writing Workshop Ros will be running a two hour creative writing workshop. 2pm Poetry Reading Ros will be reading from all three of her published collections, and reading a short extract from forthcoming verse novel The Marlowe Papers. Both events at the Wantage Civic Centre.
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Posted on September 19, 2011 by rosbarber
Saturday 1st October Forest Row Festival Venue: Garden Room, Community Centre Time: 6-7pm Cost: £3/£2.50 At this event, Ros will be giving a sneak preview of ‘The Marlowe Papers’, a fictional autobiography of the 16th century playwright Christopher Marlowe, due to be published by Sceptre in 2012. As the Forest Row Festival states, “This promises […]
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Posted on August 16, 2011 by rosbarber
A couple of weeks ago I returned from London with The Marlowe Papers typescript as originally submitted to Sceptre, fresh with the pencil marks of my editor, Carole Welch, and ever since then, I’ve been working on my edits. Carole likes to do things the traditional way, so I’ve been working in pencil also, which […]
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Posted on July 28, 2011 by rosbarber
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvtwRgwmlIM During the fifty years from its writing to the closure of the theatres in 1642, there was no play more popular than Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. No Shakespeare play could compete with it. No play of the period was more often revived, or proved more consistent box office. This season’s spectacular production of Doctor […]
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