News from producers around Derbyshire

We’ve all felt stuck. Spending hours staring at a blank page. Watching the cursor torment us with its unending, repetitive blink. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This workshop will kick-start your imagination as we explore where writer’s block comes from and how you can overcome it. This is an online workshop delivered live via Zoom. This session was previously delivered as part of the Buxton Fringe Festival and is a repeat session.  

Date: Monday 7th December, 2020.  

Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm  

Price - £12 

Alex Davis is offering a Google Meet workshop aimed at helping you take your novel forward on 2nd December, What Next for your Novel?

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-next-for-your-novel-with-alex-davis-tickets-124431841989

Joanna Courtney is offering a Zoom workshop on 19th November, The Art of a Good Plot. 

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-a-good-plot-tickets-125874970425

Marketing Derby is gearing up to showcase an impressive portfolio of investment opportunities at a major event due to take place later this month.

Derby Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a new digital platform www.cqlive.co.uk to showcase local businesses and encourage more people to shop local at this crucial time in the run up to Christmas.

CQ Live replaces the BID’s annual CQ Winter Life magazines which have been popular with visitors for the past 12 years.

We are pleased to confirm that Derby Market Place will make a festive transformation to host a COVID-secure traditional Christmas Market on the 4, 5, 6 and 10, 11, 12, 13 December 2020 10:00 – 16:00. 

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your products in a clear and established destination with Christmas footfall and supported by an extensive marketing campaign in run up to Christmas.

We will be providing a covered cabin with heating and power to keep you comfortable throughout your visit.

Writers' events coming up in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council, working with District and Borough partners, is supporting the roll out of new one-stop local shopping website across towns and villages in Derbyshire by offering 1 year free subscription to local businesses, including artists and makers. We understand how difficult it has been for so many artists and makers who have been unable to sell their work at markets and fairs, so are we’re really keen to encourage as many as possible to join and benefit from the no commission on sales platform.

A woman who launched her own handmade bath bomb company during the peak of the pandemic has taken on seven members of staff to help her keep up with the demand for 2,000 products a day.

Danielle Dunn left her fulltime job in March and moved into a workshop just five days before the UK’s first lockdown – forcing her to move her business, Divine Box, back into her Swadlincote home.

Although the 33-year-old feared her company might fail before it had even begun, she has been overwhelmed with orders – including one for 22,000 bath bombs.

1. Mark Gwynne Jones is seeking your Peak District snow stories - http://madeinderbyshire.org/news/voices-peak-0