Guest Speaker: Jenny Barrett

28th September - Guest Speaker Jenny Barrett (2020-09-28 14:46:14)

Jenny is Senior Lecturer in Film, Department of Creative Arts, Edge Hill University, Liverpool. She writes both novels and short stories and her fiction blends the everyday with the slightly odd. She has taught, studied, researched and written about cinema for nearly twenty years. She has an MA in Creative Writing and has read her stories at a number of local events, including the Tate Liverpool. Her short piece, On the One Hand, On the Other Hand, uses the many everyday phrases linked to hands in the context of Covid-19 and was recently published by Writing on the Wall's literary festival in June 2020. Her short story about Crosby Beach entitled Number 42, was published by Short Kid Stories this year. Her passions also include watching her partner cook. She is dreadful at gardening but tries anyway. She lives in Liverpool and loves the beaches of the north west coast.

An excellent evening where Jenny gave a fascinating talk about not only her background in academic writing and teaching but an in-depth and thought provoking and enlighten discussion about what the writer can learn from the cinema in all its forms. It was an evening that educated, entertained and inspired.

There was a video recording made of the evening and if you would like to see it, please email Lorraine who will send you the link.

[Report by Terry Adlam]