Julia’s most recent work is a novel set in 1988, What a Way to Go which was published by Atlantic Books. In 2016, Julia was awarded a K Blundell Trust Award from the Society of Authors for her third book, a collection of poetry, which she is now working on. In 2007, Julia also wrote a non-fiction book about inspiration called Muses: Revealing the Nature of Inspiration, which was published by Pocket Essentials. She has worked in the publishing industry across the UK for twenty years and now works in marketing and publicity at the literary magazine New Welsh Review as well as working for The Literary Consultancy as a reader and mentor but for whom she also co-curated the ‘Being A Writer’ programme which launched in June 2020. She runs author careers workshops and facilitates retreats for authors. Julia sat on the Literature Wales bursary panel for six years between 2012 and 2018 where she helped to award bursaries to both emerging and established writers. She is currently studying for a Diploma in Spiritual Development at the Brenda Davies UK School and is in the process of qualifying as an Analytic-Network Systems coach. She lives in Machynlleth, mid-Wales.
