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BISLEY AUTHORS

In his famous and highly-recommended book on writing, called (with an uncharacteristic failure of imagination, but an entirely consistent clarity, On Writing), Stephen King advises would-be novelists to avoid the distractions of beauty.
Stick your desk in the corner of a room and face a blank wall, he says, lest ye be thrown off course by a pretty view.
On that basis, The Cotswolds should not be a particularly promising place in which to attempt this career.
Clearly, many authors have not read On Writing.
Laurie Lee grew up a couple of miles west of Bisley at Slad; Ian McEwan lives a couple of miles to the east at Sudgrove. George Orwell finished  writing Nineteen Eighty-Four while being treated, unsuccessfully, for tuberculosis at the Cotswold Sanatorium for Consumption in Cranham, three or four miles to the north.
Bisley itself is home to one very famous author and several others with aspirations.
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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • The village today
    • Bisley history
    • Photographs of Bisley and environs
  • WHAT'S ON
  • MAGAZINE
    • History
  • B&B
  • Pubs
  • BONFIRE NIGHT
  • GROUPS
    • Allotments
    • B.A.T.S
    • Bisley Bellringers
    • Bisley Charities
    • Bisley Cycling Club
    • Bisley Local History Group
    • Bisley Mummers
    • Bisley School
    • Busy Bees Toddler Group
    • Churches
    • Councils & MP
    • Flicks in the Sticks
    • Flower Show and Fête
    • Scouts
    • Twinning Association
    • Village Hall
    • Women's Institute
  • BUSINESSES
    • Advertise your business here, free
    • Bisley Camping
    • Bisley Lane Farm
    • Boiler Engineers
    • Bowbridge Arms Pub
    • Building Trades
    • Butterfly Sky Crafts
    • Chauffeurs
    • Copsegrove Farm Feasts
    • Cotswold Soft Furnishings
    • Farm shop
    • Garages and repair
    • George Stores and Post Office
    • Giffords Circus
    • Graphic Design
    • Green Shop
    • Heather Ross Antiques
    • Holistic Facial Massage
    • Ironing Services
    • Jilly Cobbe
    • Local Artists >
      • Jilly Cobbe
      • Karen Grainger
      • Wendy McKenzie
      • Alison Merry
      • Ollie Miles
      • James Whitestone
    • Merry Illuminations
    • Michael Whitestone Photography
    • Olive Tree
    • Ottely Bespoke Leatherwork
    • PA Hire
    • Poultry and Eggs
    • Sports massage
    • Travel Agents
    • Upholstery
    • Vets
    • What's Cooking @ Dove Cottage
    • Yoga