Author Archives
James is a full-time writer.
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The Rooker Prize 2024: Announcing the Winner
On International Crow and Raven Day 2024, Lewes FC can announce the winner of our writing competition The Rooker Prize! Lewes resident, James Ellis, who has written and crowdfunded two novels of his own, is now ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win… Read More ›
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Putting musicality into writing
I came to guitar lessons late. So all those neural pathways hadn’t been opened when I was young and I had no latent muscle memory to draw on. But I have a very patient tutor who teaches me fingerstyle guitar…. Read More ›
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No points for a heartfelt attaction
Fantastic to see my short story, ‘No points for a heartfelt attachment’ published in this anthology. Amazing. Who would have thought a tale about cryptic crosswords would find itself nestled among such august company. My mother would have been happy… Read More ›
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Needlewriters night
Thursday, 11 January, 6pm. Needlewriters are presenting an evening of poetry and prose in Lewes at the John Harvey Tavern. I can’t wait because I’m the MC again and I’m introducing four fantastic writers. If you’re in our neck of… Read More ›
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Needlewriters night
Thursday, 12 October, 6pm. Needlewriters are presenting an evening of poetry and prose in Lewes at the John Harvey Tavern. I can’t wait because I’m the MC and I’m introducing three fantastic writers. If you’re in our neck of the… Read More ›
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Second rounder
Wow – very pleased to have made the second round of script submissions at the Austin Film Festival. It’s a TV version of my story ‘Kumi’s Cake‘ which was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and is now featured on Fairlight… Read More ›
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Plastic dust-covers
I love seeing my books in library. I like it even more that people are taking them out. But I really, really love those plastic dust-covers! Transports me to my childhood when I walked to the village library, kicking through… Read More ›
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Tender is the Flesh book review ****
I have just read ‘Tender is the Flesh’ back-to-back with Stanley Tucci’s ‘Taste’ (which I loved) and quite honestly you could swap premises and they would read the same – human waxes lyrical over eating animal; human waxes lyrical over… Read More ›
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Passing the time with a six-month-old
One of the joys of being a second bloom parent is that when the Baby King looks closely at my face, he instinctively reaches for the loose folds of my skin. At least he’s too young to comment. At his… Read More ›
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Still learning after all these years
We love our house. It’s quirky and unusual and a bit bonkers with unexpected nooks and crannies and secret doorways. But love it though we do, before our new little housemate was born I was concerned its very quirkiness might… Read More ›