Writers’ Group: In Conversation with Poppy Cogan, Screenwriter Behind A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Tue, 30 Jul
|Online Webinar, via Zoom
For this month’s writers’ group join WFTV for a conversation with screenwriter Poppy Cogan who will be discussing her most recent project, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.


Time & Location
30 Jul 2024, 18:30 – 19:30 BST
Online Webinar, via Zoom
About the Event
For this month’s writers’ group join WFTV for a conversation with screenwriter Poppy Cogan.
In conversation with Christina Pickworth, Poppy will be discussing her journey in the industry and career so far, as well as her most recent project A Good Girl Guide’s to Murder. Based on Holly Jackson’s hit novels, Poppy will be sharing insight to adapting the books to screen, her writing process and the making of the new series.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.
Poppy Cogan, Writer
TV: July 2024, TX Season 1 of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, adapted and lead-written by Poppy from Holly Jackson’s novel (Moonage/BBC/Netflix). Season 2 has begun development.
Guest writing credits include Dangerous Liaisons S2, (Playground, Lionsgate/Starz), Red Rose, (Eleven Film/BBC), Chloe (Mam Tor/BBC).
Development commissions include: original crime drama Devil's Point (Mam Tor Productions/BBC); McMafia S2 (Cuba/Firebird/BBC/AMC);adaptation of Three, book by Dror Mishani (Wonderhood/Keshet/HBO); adaptation of COME AGAIN, book by Robert Webb (Firebird); adaptation of The Cutting Room, book by Louise Welsh (Atalya/Endor Productions).
Film: In 2013 Poppy’s first feature, The Fold, starring Catherine McCormack and Dakota Blue Richards won best screenplay at the Women’s Independent Festival in LA, Best Picture at the Independent Film Makers Showcase and was nominated for best drama at the National Film Awards.
After graduating from Edinburgh University with an MA in English Literature, Poppy’s first script Olympia won the William Morris/Harpers Bazaar Short Script Competition.
How will the online event work?
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Attending participants will not be visible to others and will be muted throughout the session. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for audience members to ask their questions to the panel by using the Q&A feature.
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