Brighton Italian Festival Sunday 11 October 12.00-13.00 I’m delighted to be holding a talk with my friend and Italian translator of Broken Madonna, Mariateresa Boffo, on the subject of Italian and British identity on Sunday 11 October 12.00-13.00 at Jubilee Library, Brighton. Our discussion, where we will be interviewing each other and giving space for others to join in, stems from many fascinating conversations we have had about the deep-rooted nature of belonging and living

festival delle storie, ATINA, ITALY I have recently returned from presenting Broken Madonna at Festival delle Storie, a well-respected annual literary festival, in Atina, Italy – the place where Broken Madonna is set. It was a truly overwhelming and life-affirming experience to share the novel with people who knew the setting and the interplay between the role of women, the Catholic Church, societal expectations, post WW2 trauma, motherhood and poverty. The setting in the vi

Broken Madonna is named as a finalist in the 2025 Page Turner Awards for Book Award and Best Cover Design

Writers: An Artist’s Way Final Evolution Arts course starts Monday 5 October Brighton Back in 2010, my writing life began as a result of The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron’s book to encourage creativity, at a course run by Evolution Arts. I’ve written previously about how it helped me find my writer’s voice and start to find characters and stories in the practice of writing morning pages. And for the last 2 years, I have been running groups based on Julia’s Write for Life book,

I was honoured to interview Cindy Etherton for the launch of her powerful memoir 'Don't Call This Fiction' at the Old Courthouse, Brighton. I have mentored Cindy through the process of bringing her deeply shocking and moving story about cruelty and abuse to a wider public. It is a story of immense bravery, but it is also about the power of the human spirit and the capacity for love, friendship and sisterhood among evil. True crime with grit and determination - do look up Cind

La Ferriera, Atina, a beautiful vineyard setting for Festival delle Storie, 29 August I am honoured to be a guest speaker at Festival delle Storie a wonderful literary event which takes place across 5 days in the Val de Comino. I'll be speaking in Italian about Broken Madonna in the place where the book is set, Atina, on 29 August. Broken Madonna with my Nonna's house in the background It's bound to be emotional, talking about my inspiration, the background of my family who a

Delighted to be a speaker on the Mindset panel, chaired by Darren Hardy of KDP with fellow authors Suzy Quinn & Leke Apena . It's going to be a day full of the best minds in indie publishing sharing ideas, strategies and inspiration, with Orna Ross of ALLi as keynote speaker, a panel on distribution with Rachael Jones ( Ingram Spark ), Alex Smith ( Bookvault ), and Jen Barrett (KDP), plus more on marketing and promotion with authors D. E. White , Ebony Ali , James Blatch

A participant's view of the benefits of taking the course - Writers: An Artist's Way

Photos of Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia in Rome

Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia featured on blog La Lovely Vita

About the course Writers: An Artist's Way at Evolution Arts, Brighton. Benefits for writers. Morning pages, Artist's Dates

Summary of Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia published in Historical Novels Review, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society

Anna at Real Writers Circle, Brighton running a session on giving and getting feedback

Inspiration behind Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia - family, migration, war, religion and cultural hybridity

Introduction to the tools from Writers: An Artist's Way, based on the book Write for Life by Julia Cameron in Brighton. Morning Pages, Artist's Dates, Writing Quota, Writing Stations and Walks

Articles about Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia in St. Albans News and St. Albans Times and growing up Italian in St. Albans.

Creative Writing Retreat 21-28 May 2027 Hotel Leone, Le Marche, Italy

Workshop Take Control of Your Writing Life - This is Your Time by Anna Hayward and Anna Davidson

Broken Madonna by Anna Lucia at iconiclocations across the world

Description of inspiration behind Writers: An Artist's Way course at Evolution Arts Brighton facilitated by Anna Hayward