Biography
Julia Bell is an academic, writer, and teacher with 25 years of experience helping people of all ages and backgrounds develop their writing.
She has written three novels and co-edited the bestselling Creative Writing Coursebook (Macmillan). She is currently working on a collection of essays. Her latest book, Radical Attention, was published by Peninsula Press in May 2020.
Testimonials
What people say about Julia and her courses:
- Julia Bell was absolutely fantastic.
- An excellent course with Julia. The tasks drew us into writing, and the sessions were enjoyable, well paced, and made strong use of the surroundings.
- I was incredibly impressed with Julia; the teaching was perfect.
- Julia Bell is an extraordinary writing teacher. She not only finds ways to guide you, but also has an innate ability to hold the space and treat every participant equally. She is an outstanding listener and finds a unique way to help everyone who wants to work on their writing.
- Excellent, inspiring sessions with lots of extravagant and useful feedback.
- Her poetry is divine.
- Julia's small writing group was intimate and inspiring.
- The time I spent with Julia was great — really well planned and considered.
- I loved Julia's course and the size and makeup of our perfectly formed group. I would thoroughly recommend it, and I was very happy it took place at the Skyros Centre — perfect!
- I loved Julia and wish I could afford more of the same! Her gentle, humorous encouragement was a gift. Amazing. She lived up to expectations.
