Neil Marr
Posted by Leicester Review of Books on November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Publisher and author, Neil Marr worked as a journalist for over 35 years before he and his son, Alex, set up BeWrite (a non-commercial writers’ website which offered free professional editorial services and optional online showcasing).
After three years, they transformed the website into BeWrite Books publishing house and have gone on to release over 120 paperback titles.
Neil Marr is the author of Bullycide: Death at Playtime (Success Unlimited, 2001), a groundbreaking book which exposed the epidemic of bully-related child suicides in the UK. The book received rave reviews around the world and sparked countless campaigns and Bullycide-dedicated websites, official studies, several follow up books and government and education authority action to combat school bullying in several countries.
Related resources:
- BeWrite Books, website
- BeWrite Books, blog
Interviews
- [Interview: Part 1 of 2] Neil Marr, Conversations with Writers, November 5, 2009
- [Interview: Part 2 of 2] Neil Marr, Conversations with Writers, November 10, 2009
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