CURRENT WRITING PROJECTS - download here
- Seeking the right agent for her first novel, ‘Yellow Brick Roads’. If you would like to read chapter one of ‘Yellow Brick Roads’ please email Becky to confirm that you are over 18 as the book contains adult material.
- Developing ‘Yolk’ – a one woman show, which will be directed by Ray Brown and toured around Yorkshire in spring 2011.
- Writing poetry with a view to publishing a collection. View some of Becky’s poems at www.peonymoon@wordpress.com and hear her read here or here.
- Developing her second - magical realist - novel ‘The Sound of Candyfloss’, which is set in an alternative Leeds.
Becky is frequently asked where her work can be purchased, particularly at readings. She has spent the last few years building up a body of work in different forms and practising her performance skills and is keen to see more of her work in print. Publishers or agents who are interested in discussing Becky’s work are welcome to email her at write@beckycherriman.com or call her on 07792266816.
WRITING HISTORY
- Sept 1989-Sept 1999: Wrote in various genres, particularly free verse and ghost stories.
- Sept 1999-March 2005: researched, planned and wrote her coming of age novel, ‘Jigsaw’.
- June 2004-Oct 2005: Wrote and edited short stories and poetry for critique by the project coordinator and participants of the Writer Development Programme.
- March 2005-Feb 2006: edited ‘Jigsaw’ with the assistance of mentor Robert Endeacott and advice of Patrick Neate.
- Nov-Dec 2005: collaborated on and wrote two children’s stories - ‘The Most Brilliant Idea’ (which was animated by Carmel Brown) and ‘My Sister The Ostrich’ (which was illustrated by Helen Hurry and Adam Gado) for the Scope ‘In the Picture’ project. See the visuals and text:CLICK HERE and CLICK HERE
- Jan 2006: commissioned to write a children’s story for Rotunda Museum on a geological theme. ‘Then the Earth Moved’ is an interactive story about Luke who is caught in a landslide on a Scarborough beach and sucked into a time portal. In his search for the way home, Luke and his new ammonite friend travel to different geological periods, experiencing many adventures along the way.
- Jan 2006-present: Planning second - magical realist – novel, ‘The Sound of Candyfloss’, which is set in Leeds.
- Oct 2006-April 2007: Compiling flash fiction for performance
PUBLICATIONS
1998: ‘The Hidden Causes of Breast Cancer’, N.Yorkshire Friends of the Earth Magazine
2006: ‘Pollen of Words’, inspired by Sabine Bieli’s sculpture and published on her website
2007: ‘My Sister the Ostrich’, written as part of the Scope ‘In the Picture’ project, the aim of which was to include more disabled children in children’s literature, and illustrated by Adam Gado and Helen Hurry.
2006: ‘The Most Brilliant Idea’ animation, Scope - story written in collaboration with John Dixon, animation created by Carmel Brown.
2010: Poem ‘They Will Sing’, shortlisted for the 2009 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Annual prize.
2010: Short story ‘Close Pursuit’, shortlisted for the 2009-10 Fish Short Story Prize.
2009: ‘The Tattooist’ and ‘My Paisley Quilt’, The Ladiva Artist Movement.
2010: ‘Wolves’ and ‘My Paisley Quilt’, Peony Moon.
2010: ‘The Girl You Took Home More Than Once in ‘Along the Iron Veins’, Stairwell Books.
Publishers or agents who are interested in discussing Becky’s work are welcome to email her at write@beckycherriman.com or call her on 07792266816.
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A Thousand Moths (223 Kb) 
Maria's Wedding Day (91 Kb)
My Sister the Ostrich (559 Kb)
Pollen of Words (112 Kb)
The Most Brilliant Idea (71 Kb)
Publishers or agents who are interested in discussing Becky’s work are welcome to email her at write@beckycherriman.com or call her on 07792266816.
All work © Becky Cherriman unless otherwise indicated.