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…
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. …
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.
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,…
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.
Stardate: October 24th …. Out of this world – or just plain blinding. You’ll have to excuse the cliches while we say a massive thanks to everyone who made last night’s Twilight Zone an absolutely stunning experience. Most of all to our amazing writers who each brought a unique and contribution to the SF/spec-fic genre every…
Yes, at 6pm next Sunday you can enter a world of mesmerising and mind-bending stories read by their writers. Our call for submissions has been the best yet and in a break with tradition we at WU are standing aside in favour of a full programme of guest writers. Our line-up includes not only star local writer/performers but also newcomers…
Help. Autumn is nearly upon as and you’re wondering what happened to midsummer. For us it all came down to a rather warm evening at Southbank Club and a great line-up of readers who entertained us with tales of doomed love, doomed window-cleaning, febrile festivals and disturbingly real trouser snakes. Amongst all the general insanity we…
Here t’is! Sunday’s full programme. Tickets £5 on the door. Southbank Club Bedminster, BS3 1DB 6.30 – 8.30 pm Come and support our brave readers. (Note to brave readers: we can’t wait!)
Any minute now we’ll be opening submissions for our next Story Sunday event whose theme is Midsummer Madness (submission details here) but here’s a quick run down on what we’ve been up to since the Love Hangover evening which as hangovers go was a whole lot of fun. We had great stories and performances from…