I was simply carrying out my usual tutoring lesson yesterday when an email popped up my PC which sent me into an exciting spin! Not only did I become a finalist for the PAGETURNER AWARDS 2025, but I have now reached the shortlist. The email, inviting me to an online international awards ceremony told meContinue reading “An exciting achievement!”
Category Archives: Writing and stories
fabulous interview with Urban Pigs’ latest author!
Reviews!
I am happy to publish some of the reviews I have found on my books on Amazon. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to leave a review so far and talk bit about why it is so important to the independent author. I have copied the Amazon onesContinue reading “Reviews!”
Second Neurodiversity Conference
ON 2nd June 2025, I was invited to be a guest speaker on the panel of the 2nd Neurodiversity Conference at HMP Warren Hill, a familiar venue. With an audience of inmates, staff and professionals 100 hundred strong, it was clearly a very important and necessary event. Neurodiversity is of a high percentage in theContinue reading “Second Neurodiversity Conference”
Prison, playacting and performing!
On March 19th, I returned to HMP Warren Hill to spend a day talking to prisoners about their experiences of prison life, from sentencing to release, and to understand some of the process, as well as hearing first-hand about their day-to day experiences. If you think that Warren Hill, a Category C prison, is anContinue reading “Prison, playacting and performing!”
‘March’-ing on in March!
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog here, on my website. There are a number of reasons for this: firstly I wrote two other blogs/article on a monthly basis. You may be aware that I write a monthly post for the award-winning Felixstowe Magazine App in the form of a column called PENspiration.Continue reading “‘March’-ing on in March!”
Book launch is imminent!
Only a few days to the launch at DIAL LANE BOOKS on December 20th, so despite it being the final night of the Christmas show I am in, and despite being on stage in about 2 hours’time, I thought I had better update the website with a quick post. I have had the excitement ofContinue reading “Book launch is imminent!”
CV, Reviews, and links to work: Virginia Betts.
Below is a comprehensive list of professional work, performances and writing: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) Acting and The Speaking of Verse and Prose, all grades to gold medal. 1981-1992. LAMDA teaching certificate. Winner of the Ironside-Wood Trophy for poetry, 1989. (Suffolk Music Festival) Certificate in Creative Writing, University college, Suffolk, 2011 Continue reading “CV, Reviews, and links to work: Virginia Betts.”
Books and performances links to all things coming up.
This is a quick post to keep you all informed of the events I have coming up and new publications. Above, you can see pictures of the current books I have available. The Camera Obscure: Supernatural stories; Tourist to the Sun and That Little Voice (poetry). You can purchase all of these on Amazon, DialContinue reading “Books and performances links to all things coming up.”
In Constant Pursuit of Happiness
If you check out the title, you might think it can be taken in two ways: We are all constantly pursuing happiness, or happiness is ‘inconstant.’ And that’s the thing – maybe due to the pressures of social media, tv and magazines, we expect to be happy and entertained all the time and believe thatContinue reading “In Constant Pursuit of Happiness”
Virginia Betts 