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.
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!
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
“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