Words and pictures I’ve been involved in a two year project which presents stories and paintings of gardens in four cities – to me the link between image and narrative has always been a necessary one. Today though, I spent time with a student who only ‘hears’ characters rather than seeing them. His internal world […]
Buy or Die! Bullet is one of those cult publications, beloved of the genre reader. I’ve certainly never managed to get published there, but two fine writers of my acquaintance feature in the latest issue: Chris Morrow and Charlie Williams bite the Bullet – and if you don’t purchase a copy, you might find they […]
A new initiative for story writers The reading period for Red Ink is now open (1st June – 31st August) With poetry edited by John Masefield awardee and Oppenheim Winner, Ian Parks (Winter Edition) and Peter Lewin (Summer Edition) Red Ink is set to be a new voice in publishing. With Short Stories edited by […]
From bar to barrista The Whitbread prize – worth £50,000 to the winner – is moving. Previously the literary award was associated with the Whitbread conglomorate, whose most obvious public face has been their pub and brewery business. Now Costa Coffee, a part of the Whitbread empire, will be taking over the sponsorship deal. I […]
Please come along … Tales of the DeCongested Evening at Cella, the Sanctuary venue – 10 July 2006, 7.30 pm Sussex and London writers including Kate Ansell, Frank Goodman, Frances McCallum, Justine Mann and yours truly will present their work, which features in an anthology of the best short stories performed at Tales of the […]
Submission call Working Women: Stories of Strife, Struggles and Survival Should women work? Why should women work? What kind of work should women do? These are only a few of the many issues that society and women continue to wrestle with on a global front. ‘Women in the workplace’ is a notion that continues to […]
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