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Julia Bell

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The United Kingdom

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http://cargocollective.com/juliabell/

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Fiction, Young Adult, Gay and Lesbian

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I was born in Bristol but raised in Wales (I can speak Welsh!) and have published two novels for young adults - Massive and Dirty Work, both published by Macmillan in the UK. In the US Massive is published by Simon and Schuster and Dirty Work by Walker Books. Massive has also been translated into ten languages, including Thai! I also wrote and co-edited the bestselling Creative Writing Coursebook while I was working at the University of East Anglia, which is also published by Macmillan.

I am a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck, University College of London where I teach on the MA Creative Writing and co-ordinate the annual publication The Mechanics' Institute Review and the new ...more

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	Massive by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author), Andrew Biscomb 3.31 avg rating — 2,492 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radical Attention 4.26 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirty Work 3.23 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Light 2.84 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atención Radical by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author), Albert Fuentes (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 90 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymnal 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	England Calling: 24 Stories for the 21st Century by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jackie Gay (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mechanics' Institute Review: Issue 15 by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author), Leone Ross (Goodreads Author), Judy Birkbeck (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mechanics' Institute Review 9 by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author), Nick Alexander, Jenn Ashworth 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretext: Fiction, Poetry, Criticism: Experience. Volume 2 by Julia Bell (Goodreads Author), Paul Magrs (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.”
― Julia Bell, The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry

tags: writing

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“I find it helpful when I stop for the day to leave the last sentence unfinished or the last paragraph only lightly sketched out, so that when I start again I can pick up where I left off the day before.”
― julia bell, The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry

tags: creative-writing

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“In such a square context,
we grow in bent shapes,
our love made beautiful by our restraints.”
― Julia Bell, Queer Life, Queer Love

tags: queer

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