Bad advice, confidence,  and what makes you working class - this is Paul McVeigh, Alex Wheatle, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on 'A Touch of Class'.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Paul McVeigh, 'Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers', ed. By Kit De Waal

Alex Wheatle, 'Home Girl'

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, 'The Tyranny of Lost Things'

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, and links to literary awards and prizes mentioned, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=venTXhFuGyA

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

For funding and advice for new and established authors - as discussed during this video - here are links to help that is currently available, or will be soon:

https://www2.societyofauthors.org/hel... 

https://www.rlf.org.uk/helping-writer...

Writing competitions:

https://www.neonbooks.org.uk/big-list...

Paul McVeigh runs one: https://paulmcveigh.blogspot.com

And Word Factory run a monthly one: https://twitter.com/WordFactoryUK