A packed sell-out house at No.23 Bistro & Bar, Nelson Street, Stroud on Sunday 9 August 2015 listened to 5 stories by me, 4 by Philip Douch and one by debutante Natalie Lee. An excellent evening. Thank you Philip Douch and No.23.
My story 'Lips', long listed (top 50) for the 2015 Bath Short Story Award, is one of ten long listed stories to be promoted for inclusion in the 2015 Bath Short Story Award Anthology to be published in the autumn of 2015.
As of today the Short Stories for Grown-Ups event on Sunday 9 August 2015 at No.23 Bistro in Stroud, which will feature stories by Philip Douch and me, is SOLD OUT.
I have received a letter - in the post! - to say that my story 'True' has been short listed for The Yeovil Literary Prize 2015. This means it is in the last 18 from a field of "well over a thousand entries".
My interview with The Short Story website was published on 25 June 2015.
On Saturday 27 June 2015 I read my WorcsLitFest FF award winning piece 'Sensitive' to an audience of about 40 people at Folye's, Cabot Circus, Bristol to celebrate National Flash Fiction Day. Other writers reading included Calum Kerr, Kevlin Henney, Diane Simmons, Sarah Hilary, Adam Marek, Jane Roberts and Zoe Gilbert.
My short piece 'Friends' will be published online on Saturday 27 June National Flash Fiction Day at 9am http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/
One of my stories, Lips, has been long listed for the Bath Short Story Award - from over 1,000 submissions.
I have heard that my story 'Sensitive' has won the Worcestershire Literary Festival Flash Fiction Award announced on Friday 12 June. The story was read aloud by LitFest organiser Lindsay Stanberry-Flynn. It will be published in an anthology by Black Pear Press in the autumn.
https://www.facebook.com/WorcesterFlashFiction/posts/703754279746693
A new short story event, called Short Stories For Grown-Ups, starts on Sunday 14 June when Katherine Mitchell and event organiser Philip Douch read at No 23 Bisrtro & Bar, Nelson Street, Stroud, GL5 2HH at 8pm
I am headlining the second event - on Sunday 9 August again at 8pm.
Then on 11 October it's Clare Reddaway.
Tickets are £5 and available from No 23 or by emailing Philip Douch on pandjdouch@gmail.com
'Sensitive' is one of ten titles short listed for the 2015 Worcestershire Literary Festival Flash Fiction Award. And the only title by a man!
Reading 5 stories tonight at http://hulitfest.com/ c/o Debbie Young. In 3.5 minutes. They're short.
My short 200 word piece 'The Shore Line' has been selected by Flash Flood Journal for online publication on Friday 17 April at 9.40pm. Lovely.
Today (Tues 14 April 2015) I will be interviewed on BBC Radio Gloucestershire after 4pm on the Chris Baxter Show. It's a double header with A Feast of Stories organiser Philip Douch.
I read my short story Sunday Morning in an event that included stories by organiser Philip Douch, Andrew Stevenson, Julie Green , Elaine Miles, Christine Griffin, as well as music by cellist Asha McCarthy.
Just one week after tickets went on sale, and over two weeks to the date of the event, the 19 April Stroud Short Stories event, The Alchemy of Chocolate and Other Tales, has completely SOLD OUT. There will be no tickets on the door.
The ten stories and their authors selected by my fellow judge Sophie Livingston and me to read at the 19 April Stroud Short Stories event have now been named.
Stroud Short Stories is now closed for submissions for the 19 April event. Thank you to all the authors who submitted. We have received a staggering 128 stories from 91 Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire authors. The ten selected authors and their stories will be announced by 8 April at the latest.