We hope that friends old and new will join us on Saturday 11th October at Foyles in Bristol.
If you think you can make it, you’ll need a ticket, so please don’t forget to register
on Foyles’ website
On Friday there’s a chance to celebrate Bristol’s Tbilisi connection and hear from Meg Clothier, journalist and author of The Girl King, a novel about Queen Tamar of Georgia. Meg will be at Foyles on Friday March 7th (6pm start) discussing her book with our own Jean Burnett who is a long-time member of the Bristol…
Following her success with the Jane Austen spin-off Who Needs Mr Darcy? Jean Burnett is now working on ‘serious’ historical fiction. 1. What am I working on now? I have been putting finishing touches to two completed manuscripts (must stop tinkering) while reading up for the next book. I write historical fiction and the…
I’m pleased to announce that my third book The People’s Republic of Love will be available next year from the world’s first climate-positive publisher, SRL Publishing. Here’s a bit about the book: Tamsin, a shy tunnel engineer, is quietly supportive when her best friend Charlotte becomes a contestant on a new reality TV series. But…
Thanks to all those who submitted. Participants will be announced by October 15th. You are invited to submit stories from 500 – 1500 words on the theme of Crime for our Story Sunday on October 22nd. Deadline October 1st. Check out how to do it on our submissions page.
We had a fantastic response to our call for submissions for next Sunday and are busy putting together a sizzle of solstices with a sprinkling of swimming pools just in case the heat gets to much. Check back in a couple of days for our final line-up and running order. Expect to see supernovae and…
Hello fellow writers and readers and apologies for being off the scene for a while. However we have some excellent news to report and can also give you the heads-up for our next event in October, part of the annual Bristol Litfest extravaganza. First, the good news. In between all that short story action last year,…