Philip Dent
Born in Yorkshire in 1951, where I have lived most of my life, I left school in 1966 without academic qualifications, finding employment in a variety of jobs, including farming and factory work. In 1997 I took time out and enrolled on a degree course in English at De Montfort University in Leicester. A desire to write developed, as did an appetite for study and I completed a Masters Degree, again in English, this time at the University of Leicester.
In the following three years, three works of fiction, several short stories, and a screenplay portraying the courtship and marriage of Charlotte Bronte, were drafted. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever and when my finances became depleted, I took a job on the counters of a supermarket. I remain there, a frustrated writer, longing for the day when I can earn a living from my true passion. Since returning to work, every spare minute, days off and holidays have been employed revising and editing Blackdaw Cottage. Now, after achieving a standard I feel reasonably confident with, I am willing to take a chance and make an investment in my literary endeavours.
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Blackdaw Cottage
I wrote Blackdaw Cottage in part in the hope that it might be successful and rescue me from my present situation –grant me the time and space to write more books. But I also wrote the novel in order to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Blackdaw Cottage
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When Abigail, Morton, Ruth and her dog go sledging one snowy day in their sleepy village, they wander off into the forest to find the cottage of the notorious recluse, Bentley. After an encounter with the unpleasant gamekeeper Vargis, they...
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Blackdaw Cottage
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Bored of sledging one day, three children walk into the forest towards Blackdaw Cottage where Bentley, a hermit, lives. A sudden blizzard forces the children to enter and take shelter. Fear gives way to trust and friendships develop, and the...
Format: eBook - Released: 01/06/2011
