AWARD-WINNING Stourbridge teen fiction novelist David Massey is holding a writer’s morning on September 13 at The Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge High Street.

The author of thrillers Torn and Taken, who is signed to Chicken House, will host an interactive presentation covering the planning/editing process, creating tension within a story and his journey to getting published by Barry Cunningham – the man who discovered Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

The event will be held in the Windsor room at the historic hotel from 10am to midday.

Places cost £25. To book call 0845 388 1938.