<p><strong>Come and see us LIVE!</strong></p><p>We'll be at Alton Arts Festival on July the 6th, at Goldfinch Books, doing our thing in full colour, 4K, Ultra HD, real life.</p><p>There will be laughter. There will be genuine writing tips and insight from <strong>Costa Novel Prize Winner Claire Fuller</strong>. There will be a ditty or two. There will be give-aways, impromptu poetry and even Tom’s very-very-serious-wordy-writery-quiz-thing!</p><p><a href="https://wegottickets.com/event/696174" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get yer tickets here</a></p><br><p>Little warning, by the way. There are a couple of sweary-type words in this episode. So get ready to clap your hands around your children's ears! (unless you're driving… then maybe just listen on your headphones, eh?)</p><br><p>Our guest writer this week is the brilliant, funny and whip-smart writer &amp; actor Ashley Storrie. We talk about performing stand up at the age of 11, writing fan fiction, her Mum - Janey Godley, autism, writing sitcoms &amp; guest writing on projects, serendipity in art, and giving your characters a tough time. And I don't know if you can tell... but we really blummin enjoyed it.</p><p>And when you've heard Ashley, you'll also want to see her sitcom.</p><p>Because it's excellent.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001ybcl/dinosaur" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch 'Dinosaur' here</a></p><br><p>And just when you thought all the glorious chatterage was over, Geoffrey G.N. Harrison goes and sends us a lovely little sci-fi story about DUST, for our Hypewriter feature.</p><p><a href="https://www.deaf-duck.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check out more of Geoff's stuff here</a></p><br><p>And if you've got some work you think should be celebrated in HYPEWRITER don't be shy! Send it to [email protected] and we'll bring it to glorious audio life and tell you why WE like it too!</p><p>Go on do it.</p><p>Do it now.</p><p>Well that's no excuse.</p><p>OK, but don't leave it too long, OK?</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>