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  • THE BATH NOVEL AWARD
    • 2021 BATH NOVEL AWARD
    • 2021 ENTRY
    • 2021 RULES
    • SPONSORED ENTRIES FOR LOW INCOME WRITERS
    • 2020 BATH NOVEL AWARD
      • 2020 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: ANDREW J KING
      • 2020 JUDGE: JENNY SAVILL
        • BEFORE THE LONGLIST
    • 2019 BATH NOVEL AWARD
      • 2019 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: KATE SIMANTS
      • 2019 JUDGE: HELLIE OGDEN
    • 2018 BATH NOVEL AWARD
      • 2018 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: ABI DARÈ
      • 2018 JUDGE: FELICITY BLUNT
    • 2017 BATH NOVEL AWARD
      • 2017 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: SOPHIE DRAPER
      • 2017 JUDGE: LAURA WILLIAMS
    • 2016 BATH NOVEL AWARD
      • 2016 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: KIM SHERWOOD
      • 2016 JUDGE: SUSAN ARMSTRONG
    • 2015 BATH NOVEL AWARD
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  • BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD
    • Bath Children’s Novel Award 2020 Judge
    • ENTRY (NOW CLOSED FOR LONGLISTING)
    • RULES
    • Sponsored entries for low income writers
    • 2019 BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD
      • 2019 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: MATTHEW FOX
      • 2019 JUDGE: LAUREN GARDENER
    • 2018 BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD
      • 2018 WINNER’S INTERVIEW: CASSIE POWNEY
      • 2018 JUDGE: HILARY DELAMERE
    • 2017 BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD
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5 Quick Ways to Create Vivid Characters

In this latest guest blog, novelist Gillian McAllister considers what makes a character come to life I write the kind of fiction that is character-driven (is there really another kind?), and I’ve spent many hours pondering how some authors seem to be able to create characters which leap off the page, and what it is exactly […]Read Post ›

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2021 Bath Novel Award

submissions closeMay 31, 2021
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