It’s a bold claim. And generally Dark Angels veer towards modesty.

Let’s make a beautiful book. That was one outcome of the first Dark Angels ‘Mixing art and writing’ course run by John Simmons and Jenni Wallace

In which John Simmons and Richard Pelletier chat about a new novel from John, staying productive as a writer, social media, and reading.

Rowena Roberts and cofounder John Simmons talk language and connection, books, storytelling, and what it means to call yourself a writer.

Dark Angels founder John Simmons has just published his second novel, Spanish Crossings, set during the Spanish Civil War. This began as a story written in Spain on a Dark Angels course in 2014.

My Dark Angels partner, Jamie Jauncey, was struggling to translate the title of my novel SpanishCrossings into Spanish. ‘Crossings’ has more than one possibility.

I cannot imagine that anyone reading this blog is a supporter of Donald Trump.

You’ve been on two Dark Angels courses now. So obviously I’m interested in hearing things from your perspective because these conversations should involve the whole Dark Angels audience, not just the tutors.

When Stuart and I first talked about a residential writing course aimed at business writers, we probably had quite limited ambitions.