Consultancy for writers, publishers and arts organisations
Consultancy
I work as a consultant to a number of literary and arts organisations including BBC Sounds, Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, the BBC National Short Story Award and many more. I create reading guides, resources, teaching guidance, workshops and online content such as this quiz for BBC Radio's Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic.
Teaching
I currently teach as an Associate Lecturer on the MA Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.
Workshops
I taught creative writing in adult education for 7 years and have lots of experience running workshops.
Writing with the Tarot workshop
I introduce attendees to the tarot as a complex system of signs and imagery, and guide them through some techniques in using the tarot to inspire ideas.
Writing witches workshop/lecture
I talk attendees through some of the popular images and ideas around witchcraft and we discuss how to write original, authentic and powerful witch characters, settings and situations.
I also give manuscript assessments via The Literary Consultancy, specialising in fantasy, dystopia, anything with a paranormal theme, witchcraft, women's fiction and cozy mystery.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements: anna@annamckerrow.com
I work as a consultant to a number of literary and arts organisations including BBC Sounds, Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, the BBC National Short Story Award and many more. I create reading guides, resources, teaching guidance, workshops and online content such as this quiz for BBC Radio's Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic.
Teaching
I currently teach as an Associate Lecturer on the MA Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.
Workshops
I taught creative writing in adult education for 7 years and have lots of experience running workshops.
Writing with the Tarot workshop
I introduce attendees to the tarot as a complex system of signs and imagery, and guide them through some techniques in using the tarot to inspire ideas.
Writing witches workshop/lecture
I talk attendees through some of the popular images and ideas around witchcraft and we discuss how to write original, authentic and powerful witch characters, settings and situations.
I also give manuscript assessments via The Literary Consultancy, specialising in fantasy, dystopia, anything with a paranormal theme, witchcraft, women's fiction and cozy mystery.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements: anna@annamckerrow.com
'Anna has been incredibly supportive and helpful. I was nervous about carrying out secondary school visits, but she has given me so much confidence. Her ideas are really fun and creative. We discussed them on the phone, and I felt inspired. She’s incorporated lots of humour and knowledge into the presentations, and I can’t wait to try them out in different schools. I imagine the kids and I will have lots of fun. I highly recommend her.' - Tamsin Cooke, author of The Scarlet Files: Cat Burglar (Oxford)
Without the carefully tailored, bespoke school workshop plans Anna created for Deep Water, I don't know what I'd have done on school visits. Her notes were invaluable, giving me the confidence to go into schools and teach targeted creative writing classes from children from Year 5 to sixth form,' - Lu Hersey, author of Deep Water (Usborne) |
("I just wanted to let you know how utterly brilliant Anna is at designing and planning author events. I asked her to read The Bell Between Worlds and to prepare a few different styles of event for different age groups in schools. A short while later she sent through a fantastic set of engaging and targeted workshop plans. Everyone at HarperCollins was hugely impressed and they have since worked one of the plans up into an event pack. Suffice it to say that I am delighted, and if you are thinking of asking for some help with your school events, Anna is just the person to ask." - Ian Johnstone, author of The Bell Between Worlds |
"I feel much more confident thanks to the clear, detailed, inventive workshop plans that Anna created for me; they were perfectly tailored to my book" Julia Gray, author of The Otherlife and Little Liar (Andersen Press) |
Anna's workshop design was hugely helpful to me as a debut novelist. In particular, knowing how the workshops were connected to the curriculum gave me the confidence to approach schools and work with students in Years 7-9.' Liz Flanagan, author of Eden Summer and Dragon's Daughter (David Fickling Books)