ALIYA ALI-AFZAL
‘In Shelley I have found a personal trainer for my brain. She challenges me to use mental muscles that have been dormant for too long and perhaps ones that I’d be too lazy to use on my own in my...
View ArticleEmma Paterson
Well, it’s been a funny few months….but we’re back, and thrilled to recommend to you a new agent, highlighted for December. Agent Emma Paterson, at Aitken Alexander. Emma joined the agency in 2018 and...
View ArticleVanessa Nicolson
We at Gold Dust offer our congratulations to Vanessa Nicolson on the publication of her novel, Angels of Mud, to be published on 26th August by Harbour books. Vanessa says of her mentor, Shelley...
View ArticleCarmel Boyhan Irvine
Gold Dust is delighted to announce that one of our recent mentees, Carmel Boyhan Irvine, mentored by Shelley Weiner, has won the Grazia First Chapter Award, celebrated recently at the party for the...
View ArticleBewitching launch party
The launch party for The Bewitching took place on a balmy July evening at Carmelite House. Jill Dawson welcomed many of her friends and colleagues to the event. Please click on the thumbnails to...
View ArticleSally-Anne Martyn
Sally-Anne grew up near Sheffield, in the north of England. She has worked as a writer, film and television extra and formerly as an auxiliary nurse, including a spell working in one of the last...
View ArticleMadeleine Milburn
Madeleine Milburn is the Director of Madeleine Milburn Ltd and an Agent. She has appeared on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA) and has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the...
View ArticleNo Season but the Summer
Matilda Leyser writes: ‘No Season but the Summer took twelve years to write, from its conception to publication. That’s the same age as my son. The ideas in the book and the boy began together. But the...
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Shanghai Immortal
'Jill taught me to nurture creativity, practice commitment, and above all, to have confidence and to persevere. From my first joyous dip into the writing waters to the cathartic experience of writing...
View ArticleKathleen Whyman
Here’s what recently published author Kathleen Whyman has to say about her mentoring experience with Gold Dust: 'I can’t thank Jill Dawson enough and urge anyone in two minds about using Gold Dust to...
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