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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
  • BISLEY NEWS
  • About Bisley
    • The village today
    • A short history of our village
    • Photographs of Bisley and environs
  • Organisations
    • Allotments
    • B.A.T.S
    • Bisley Cricket Club
    • Bisley Cycling Club
    • Bisley Local History Group
    • The Bisley News
    • Bisley School
    • Busy Bees Toddler Group
    • Churches - All Saints (CofE)
    • Churches - St Mary of the Angels (RC)
    • Councils
    • Flower Show
    • Preschool Playgroup
    • Twinning Association
    • Village Hall
    • Women's Institute
  • Local Businesses
    • Advertise your business here, free
    • Bring a Book to Life!
    • Chauffeurs
    • Cotswold Soft Furnishings
    • Farm shop
    • George Stores and Post Office
    • Green Shop
    • Heather Ross Antiques
    • Jilly Cobbe
    • Merry Illuminations
    • Michael Whitestone Photography
    • Ongas Heating Engineers
    • Red Deer Farm
    • Sports massage
    • What's Cooking @ Dove Cottage
  • Pubs and B&Bs
    • Bisley's pubs
    • Bisley's B&Bs
    • George Stores Café
  • Bisley - Overseas connections
  • Local Artists
    • Jilly Cobbe
    • Karen Grainger
    • Wendy McKenzie
    • Alison Merry
    • Ollie Miles
    • Stephen Cohen
  • Parish Council Agenda and