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Prolific author and short story writer Della Galton will be our Monday evening speaker

24/2/2015

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We are delighted to have Della Galton as our Monday evening speaker. She has been a regular – and highly popular – course leader at Swanwick over the years.
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When we asked Della how she felt about coming to the School as a guest speaker, she replied: “I am absolutely thrilled to bits and consider it one of the highlights of my writing career. When I first came to Swanwick way back in the mists of time, I walked around feeling a little scared but very honoured to be a part of such a famous school. I'd read about it for years but hadn't managed to book as it was usually sold out by January. There were famous writers everywhere – Mary Wibberley, Gordon Wells, Jean Saunders, Stella Whitelaw, Chris McCallum (to name just a few) – people whose books about writing I had read and loved but never had the privilege to meet. You never knew who you were going to sit next to at breakfast. It was magical, inspiring, wonderful.”
We are very much looking forward to welcoming Della to Swanwick!

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Della Galton is a novelist, short story writer and journalist, and her new book The Morning After The Life Before was published earlier this month. Della says, “The book is about SJ, who is a recovering alcoholic, and her struggle to cope with the mounting problems in her life without returning to her old friend, alcohol. Think Bridget Jones with booze – actually, think Bridget Jones with more booze!

“It’s the sequel to my novel, Ice and a Slice and I wrote it because I was touched beyond words by the emails I received from people who  had their own drink problem and said it had changed their lives. It’s a subject very close to my heart. My family has alcoholism running through it and I wanted to portray if I could the other side of the coin. And I wanted to do it with humour and with love.”

Find out more about Della
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