Giles kicks off his brogues and saunters over the thick-pile carpet. He’s got two champagne flutes in one hand, a bottle of Lanson in the other and a big box of chocolates tucked under his elbow. “What are you after?” drawls Amanda as he begins… Read More »Selection Box – by Will Tate
‘Gets lino cleaner twice as fast. That’s what they said. Change lino to vinyl and that’s it: homework done,’ Gran splutters between coughs. ‘Don’t be daft woman,’ Dad says. ‘It’s an adventure story the school wants, not an advertising jingle. I love you, but we… Read More »Flash – by Kathy English
Local writer of fiction for children, artist and illustrator. He’s been writing since 2000 and has earned many accolades and awards. Books fall into the horror genre and include a series called Tales of Terror’. His paintings have appeared at the Royal Academy Exhibition.
Edith is Professor of Classics at Durham University, previously at King’s College London. She specialises in showing how Aristotle’s philosophy from the Ancient World can be applied to how to live in the modern world in her book Aristotle’s Way, Ten Ways Ancient Wisdom Can… Read More »6th September – Professor Edith Hall
Our flash fiction awards evening is always a lot of fun. All the entries will be read out by two designated readers and then members attending will have the opportunity to vote on their favourites for first, second and third prizes. The event will be… Read More »June 7th – Flash Fiction Awards Evening (Members Only)
In Publication News this month, we have a bunch of talented members gaining publication success, or appearing at literary events. Tim Love has flash fiction appearing in ‘Pure Slush’. Established in 2010, Pure Slush currently publishes print anthologies of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Find out how to… Read More »Publication News
Not Forever by Alex Mellanby We turned into a narrow gap between two walls. ‘Don’t want to disturb anyone in the village.’ If Lester had decided to kill us, then he would have found it easy. No one was going to come out in this… Read More »Not Forever
Then and Now by RJ Gould – A tale of love, loss and the chance to put things right. Sandy is about to retire following an illustrious career as editor of an upmarket fashion magazine. Michael can’t retire, he thinks his work to explain the… Read More »Then and Now
We held our results evening for the short story competition 2022 this month, and a wonderful night of stories was enjoyed by all. Our judge, Professor Andrew Cowen, gave us fantastically detailed feedback and said he was highly impressed with the standard of writing, and… Read More »Short Story Competition 2022 Winners
Deborah Balm is an audiobook narrator of fiction and non-fiction books. A relatable, contemporary native British female voice artist with a smidge of sass. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge after her career in software engineering took her from Leicester, to Basel, and… Read More »3rd May – Deborah Balm