My story 'Sunday Morning' has been long listed in the annual InkTears Flash Fiction Contest.
See http://www.inktears.com/news-b/2017/10/25/longlist-for-flash-fiction-contest-2017
Absolutely delighted to have my story 'How to Improve Productivity' chosen by the Stokes Croft Writers for the Bristol LitFest event on Saturday 28 October. I'm reading last.
Details here - http://unputdownable.org/talking-tales-281017-7-9pm-left-bank/
Reflex Fiction published my piece of flash fiction 'In Those Days' on their website on 9 October 2017.
Here is is - https://www.reflexfiction.com/in-those-days-by-john-holland/
On Saturday 7 October 2017 Christiane and I were wed. Ahhh.
My piece of flash fiction 'In Those Days' is to be published online by Reflex Fiction, probably next week.
The two Stroud Theatre Festival gigs at the Ale House seemed to go well. They were called 'Philip and John's Medium-sized Nights Out' and were done jointly with Philip Douch.
Friday 29 Sept I read 'The Hero' and 'The Night Ape'. About 20 people attended.
Saturday 30 September I read 'Da' and a range of flash fiction - How to Improve Productivity, In Those Days, Islands, Boyfriends, Birth, Kate Adie is 69, A Hot Summer's Day, The First Time at Her Place. This gig was sold out - 25 people.
The next Stroud Short Stories event, entitled 'All You Need Is Love. Or is it?', is on Sunday 5 November at 8pm (doors 7.30) at the SVA Stroud.
The details of the ten authors reading is on the SSS website.
Tickets at £7.75 are now available from the SVA website.
That's Philip Douch and me reading funny stories on 29th and 30th September at the Ale House in Stroud. Tickets £7. Concessions £5.
More info + tickets here - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/198434
There's an interview/author profile of me on the website of Chris Hill, the Bridport Prize winning author. Thanks Chris!
It's here - https://www.chrishillauthor.co.uk/2017/09/john-holland-author-profile/
My interview with ZeroFlash will appear on their website on 5 October 2017.
I will be reading at least one of the pieces of flash fiction being published in the 2017 Worcestershire Literature Festival Flash Fiction Anthology in Worcester on 12 November. The venue is the Drummonds Bar, The Swan with Two Necks at 4pm on Sunday 12 Nov 2017.
The event, with Philip Douch, is called 'Philip and John's Medium-sized Night Out'. It's at the Ale House in John Street, Stroud at 8pm on Fri 29 Sept and 6pm on Sat 30 Sept 2017.
Tickets are available online from -
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/198434
Or in person or by phone from the TIC in the Stroud Sub Rooms.
My short piece of flash fiction, The Feather, has been published on the Reflex Fiction website. It was also long listed for the autumn prize.
Here it is - https://www.reflexfiction.com/the-feather-by-john-holland/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The nice people at the ZeroFlash website have asked me to do an interview. Thank you.
Here is their website - https://zeroflash.org/
The interview will be there soon.
The US flash fiction website 101Words has today published my little piece 'Tropical Fish', in which I exorcise a childhood memory.
Together with writer Philip Douch I will be reading at September's Stroud Theatre Festival on Friday 28 September at 8pm, and Saturday 30 September at 6.00. The event is called 'Philip and John's Medium-sized Night Out'.
Theatre Festival brochure here - http://www.stroudtheatrefestival.co.uk/brochure.html
Tickets for festival performances are £ 7.00 and £ 5.00 (concessions)
Booking online -
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/198434
Booking by phone 01453 760900
or visit Stroud TIC in the Stroud Subscription Rooms
Tentatively scheduled for 15 August the US website 101Words will publish my little flash piece 'Tropical Fish'.
I'm not allowed to name the story but it's in the final ten. The theme is 'green'. Results end of August.
https://www.retreatwest.co.uk/green-theme-flash-comp-shortlist/