Time to strap on those writing wings and take flight!
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Judging under way! Well we have been wowed by your original, daring and diverse submissions for our Bristol Litfest Story Sunday and decidingwhich to feature in the programme is no easy matter. We can promise an evening of high entertainment and we wil inform those chosen by October 6th at latest. This could be Bristol…
A round-up of our summer adventures – and it’s only July! Heather Child: ‘Uplit’ at Edgelit As well as an appearance at the Dark Societies dystopian book club in London, Heather was in Derby last week running a workshop and speaking on a panel at the popular sci-fi, fantasy and horror event EdgeLit 2018. …
New dates for Hidden Gems! From landmine-sniffing rats to the mysterious ‘red gene’. Since just before lockdown we’ve been sharing the most amazing facts we’ve uncovered while researching our books. From the exploits of famous Italian artists to the birth of photography, the Spanish civil war and some astonishing quantum physics, our audiences always learn…
Though we say it ourselves, our Crime Night Story Sunday went particularly well and we are grateful to all of our readers and the enthusiastic audience who made it such a friendly and entertaining evening ( pictures at the bottom of the page!) We still have to decide on next year’s programme but will keep…
This week Ali Bacon reflects on what she heard (or hopes she heard) at an evening with Nathan Filer There’s nothing like a local hero to inspire us all to greater things, and since winning the Costa Prize with The Shock of the Fall, Nathan Filer is the man whose hand we have all wanted…
‘What beats me is how a domestic dinosaur has become a chic badge of prosperity.’ Nicola’s recent article in the FT questioned the benefits of cooking on an Aga. For her biography she has left the present day and is delving back into the eighteenth century. Here are some of her recent experiences of research….