Till Training

Burway Books owner, Ros Ephraim, shows Simon how not to order 50,000 copies of his latest book during Independent Booksellers Week. (Photo credit: Burway Books)

Shortlisted in the OPOTY 2011 Awards

I’m chuffed to discover that one of my photographs has been shortlisted for the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Award 2011, British Landscapes category. Now, I have a nail-biting wait …

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100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human

I was delighted to receive my latest royalty statements today to see that since its publication in September 2003, Hodder & Stoughton have now supplied a total of

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Festival of Writing at York 2011

Penny Legg, Simon Whaley and Catherine Miller at the Gala Dinner at the York Festival of Writing 2011 (Photo credit: a helpful passer-by at the Festival!)

Writers Bureau Student Success

I was delighted to discover that two of my Writers Bureau students, Lucy Costigan and Priya Fonseca, were runners-up in this year’s Writers Bureau Freelance Writer of the Year competition …

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Stafford Arts Festival

Tomorrow, Saturday 17th September, is the first Stafford Arts Festival, where there’ll be a group of authors (including me!) offering talks and signing copies of their own books. For more …

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Pre-Order The Positively Productive Writer

The Positively Productive Writer, to be published on 27th January 2012, is currently available for pre-order on Amazon at a reduced price of £10.79, a saving of £1.20. For more …

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Author Page now on O Books website

Further to the publication of The Positively Productive Writer in January 2012, the publisher, O Books have updated their website to include me on their author page. For more information …

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Discover Britain -Sept 2011

Look out for the September 2011 issue of Discover Britain magazine (previously known as Heritage), bearing my article History in Black and White (as advertised on the front cover) about …

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