Monday, March 05, 2012

Talk at Courtyard Deli, Thurs 29th March 7.30pm

Over here. Tickets £5 in advance/ £6 on the door.

An informal evening talk with screenwriter James Henry, whose credits include the Bafta award winning Green Wing and Smack the Pony. This promises to be an informative and amusing behind the scenes look at the writing industry and an exciting opportunity for writers to learn about the industry from a Cornwall based perspective.

After winning a Channel Four sitcom writing competition in 1998 with his original comedy Skiffy(1), James’ career has also seen him write for several children’s series including Bob the Builder and Aardman animations Shaun the Sheep. Having recently developed a Cornwall-set crime drama Bandit Country, now under option with ITV (2), he is currently working on several writing projects including an adaptation of James Boswell’s London journals for BBC4 (3). James is also the author of The Curious Cabinet, a fantasy novel for teenagers (4).

(1) Eventually turned down by Channel 4.
(2) Now turned down by ITV.
(3) Now a victim of the cuts to BBC 4
(4) Not available via 'traditional' publishers.

The middle section of my talk 'Coping with Rejection and Disappointment' has now been expanded, at the cost of the originally proposed 'Coping with Excessive Fame and Embarrassing Levels of Wealth' section.

3 comments:

Jayne said...

Plus, you have to be both amusing and informative (in fact this is so important you've repeated the paragraph). Not to mention informal.

I say you should turn up in black tie and read from Leviticus. Definitely worth £6.

James Henry said...

Oops, thanks for that Jayne. This shows the attention to detail I am famed for throughout the - *wanders off*

asif said...

same thinking