'The Wrong Way To Write Your Book' Workshop with Jendella Benson

Forget everything you’ve ever been told about the “proper” way to write and join author and editor Jendella Benson for a playful, high energy workshop that might break some rules but will definitely get you writing!

Perfectionism is overrated, the real gems are in the mess, so this hands-on workshop will encourage you to loosen up, stop overthinking and find fun in the creative chaos.

• Date: Thursday 15 January
• Time: 7-8.30pm
• Venue: Sevenoaks Bookshop, 147 High Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1XJ

Tickets: £25

Includes entry to the workshop and a copy of All That We've Got , Jendella's latest novel.

Jendella Benson

Jendella Benson is a British-Nigerian writer and editor from Birmingham, now based in London. She is Head of Editorial at Black Ballad – the award-winning digital media platform and online community for black women in the UK and beyond. In her role, she has commissioned and edited hundreds of black women and non-binary journalists and writers from across the globe and worked with brands such as Dove, Comic Relief and Google.

Jendella started her writing career as a columnist for Media Diversified, MTV UK, and Christian Today and has since written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times STYLE Magazine, The Telegraph and The Independent. She is the author of two novels – Hope & Glory and All That We’ve Got – and her short story, Kindling, was published in The Book of Birmingham. She was a judge for the 2023 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing and is a member of the advisory board for the award-winning, Brixton-based bookshop, Round Table Books.

All That We've Got

Over one relentlessly hot summer, two women's lives are about to collide in the most unexpected ways.
Mimi is a single mum in her twenties, looking to break free from her family's judgements and her church's oppressive, hypocritical gossip to establish who she is on her own. But a dangerous new romance could lead her into trouble...

Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Abi dreams of emulating the life she sees through social media and helping her mother with the bills. When she's offered the chance to make money fast by helping a group of local boys, she and her friends jump at it. But soon they're crossing county lines, and Abi finds she's in over her head...

Could Mimi and Abi forge a bond that could free them both, at the heart of a community they've taken for granted?

A powerful commentary on the city we don't always see, this is the stunning new novel from Jendella Benson, the author of the acclaimed Hope & Glory.