Submissions open for our Spring event
Our next Story Sunday is March 19th
The theme is Another Country.
Time to strap on those writing wings and take flight!
Please jump over to our submissions page and take a look.
Time to strap on those writing wings and take flight!
Please jump over to our submissions page and take a look.
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…
We’re delighted to bring you recordings of all our wonderful readers at Story Sunday ‘The Great Escape’ in partnership with Bristol Literature Festival 2020. Introductions by Heather Child Kerry Postle reads ‘Are We There Yet?’ Jonathan Evans reads‘Love Hearts’ Suzanne McConaghy reads ‘Escape’ John Holland reads ‘The Most Beautiful Thing She Has Ever Seen’ Gail…
Ali Bacon reviews a new short story collection I sometimes think short story collections are like boxes of chocolates. I always enjoy the first couple but I’m quickly sated and often end up by not getting to the end (well okay that rarely happens with chocolates, but you get the picture!) I think it’s particularly true…
It seems no time since we were at the launch of Nina Milton’s In the Moors, her gripping thriller featuring shamanic sleuth Sabbie Dare. I’m delighted to say Nina is back to tell us about her follow-up, Unraveled Visions, and has news of a special offer! Hi Nina, is this a return for…
February seems a long way off but we’re delighted to confirm Southbank Club is booked for another of our story events on Sunday February 21st. Like last time (described by Claire in this blog post) we’ll be inviting local writers to submit short fiction of up to 1500 words to be read on the night. Theme?…
At last your submissions are in and our minds are made up – no mean feat! And so we can tell you the stories you’ll hear on October 20th are by: Dylan Spicer, Liz Clarke, Shirley Wright, Mary March, Mark Rutterford and our own Dawn Kelly and Jean Burnett, not forgetting a guest appearance bywriter…