Virginia Betts
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | author, tutor, actor |
| Location | ipswich, suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Virginia Betts is a tutor, writer, poet and actor from Suffolk. She has written numerous articles and fiction, written for stage and radio, and published four books, The Camera Obscure (supernatural stories) Tourist to the Sun, (poetry) That Little Voice (poetry) and a punk novel, Burnt Lungs and Bitter Sweets. This novel, a story of four friends over four decades and deals with addiction , friendship and love. It is book of the week at Felixstowe Book Festival 2025.She is the stanza rep for the Suffolk Poetry Society, a member of The Poetry Society, Equity, the Writer's Guild, and The Suffolk Book League. She runs Results Tutoring in Ipswich, and is a regular actor with Black and White Productions. |
| Interests | music, swimming, reading, writing, films, singing, theatre, Violin, gothic genre, making the most of every moment. |
| Favorite movies | Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction, The Truman Show, Last night in Soho, Once upon a Time in Hollywood: in fact - quite a lot of flims! |
| Favorite music | The Cardiacs, The Beatles, most punk and new wave - in fact her taste is very eclectic and she is a music nerd with a large collection of vinyl. |
| Favorite books | again - the collection is massive with some first editions and antique books. Loves classic Literature but also experimental post modern. Particularly loves books by local authors or who are friends |
What kind of tape is best for creating a sculpture?
How do you want to be remembered? By my writing. I hope I have left a piece of art behind.