Tools for writing, no matter what!Guest Post by Sandra Jensen As I wrote in my previous blog, there are many impediments to writing with a chronic illness. I am very lucky my version of ME/CFS is not so severe that I’m constantly bed-bound, but it still has a profound effect Read more…
How to Get Arts Council Funding to Finish Your BookGuest blog by Sandra Jensen I am a writer. I am a writer with a chronic illness: M.E./ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome being but two of the names doctors use. I’ve had this for over 25 years, with increasing debilitation. Writing has, Read more…
I have read lots of draft applications for funding to Arts Council England. They may have been for the various different pots of money – from the old Artist Development Funds and Grants for the Arts, to the current Developing Your Creative Practice and Project Grants funds – but there Read more…
Story Machine and Gatehouse Press are delighted to announce that we have merged to create a bigger publisher able to do more to support talented new writers into print. The merger will see Gatehouse Press and Lighthouse Journal become imprints within Story Machine, and the outdated Gatehouse Press website phased Read more…
Stories can support our mental health. They can help us experience connection, discover new ways of thinking, understand ourselves and our world better. Through stories we can escape and we can dive head-first in. They can touch our hearts and engage our bodies. Each of our shows responds to and Read more…
Sam Ruddock, Director of Story Machine Productions and producer of the MANTOR podcast discusses the origins and aims of the new podcast. Back in April, when the early sheen of lockdown was giving way to an itchy desire to create something new, I read Evie Wyld’s excellent new novel The Read more…
These are unprecedented times. The history of the 2020 Lockdown is being written every day, in every action. Paperchains ensures that the voices and experiences of the marginalised are prominent in its telling. Paperchains invites people with experience of prison, armed services, homelessness, and other marginalised groups, to share their Read more…
To ccelebrate our 2nd birthday we made a film of all the shows we’ve made so far. You can watch it here. If you want us to bring your book to life or to collaborate, get in touch today and let’s create a magical experience together.
As we draw to the end of a decade, I find myself thinking back enthusiastically on the books that I have loved and which have stayed with me. And because there is nothing I like more than to discuss books with other readers, I thought I’d share them (in alphabetical Read more…
Book PUSH for 2020 between now and Christmas, and we are offering a £50 discount on the fee! That means you get a stunning show (just watch the trailer below) and a 2.5 hour writing workshop with Director and Publisher Sam Ruddock, all for just £450! What are you waiting Read more…