Starting on 3 June, the Leeds Big Bookend and Northern Short Story Festival have plenty of writing events to look forward to, full details below:
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In
Conversation with Candace Robb and Chris Nickson, Thursday 8 June,
7pm at The Leeds Library
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We are
delighted to welcome historian and historical crime fiction
author, Candace Robb and historical crime
fiction author, Chris Nickson to the Leeds Library on Thurs
8 June, 7pm.
Candace is the author of the bestselling Owen
Archer series of historical mysteries,
set in 14th century York and the Margaret Kerr trilogy that
takes place in medieval Scotland.
Her latest novel, The Service of the Dead, begins a new crime series with
heroine Kate Clifford, set in late 14th century York. In
addition, she writes historical fiction as Emma Campion.
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Come along and hear these two historical crime
fiction best sellers talking about their lives, work and
inspirations. A treat not to be missed!
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The Big Bookend · Virtuoso Legal · 31 Harrogate Road · Leeds, West
Yorkshire LS7 3PD · United Kingdom
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Launching The Walter Swan Short Story Prize
2017-18 at The Northern Short Story Festival on Saturday 3 June!
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We are delighted to announce that The Walter Swan Short
Story Prize 2017-18 will be launched at the Northern Short Story Festival on
Saturday 3 June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Entries
will be accepted from then until the closing date of 16th October
2017.
Walt Swan was passionate about writing and encouraging others to be
creative, which he did throughout his life and particularly through
his teaching and directing. He wrote poetry, plays, screenplays,
short stories and regular articles as a freelance journalist. He also
began work on two novels and has three published non-fiction
books.
Walter died suddenly and unexpectedly on the 21 April 2014. The Walter Swan Trust was set up in
his memory by his family and friends.
The Prize is run by the Northern Short Story Festival and the
Leeds Big Bookend Festival in partnership with the Walter Swan Trust.
• Stories should be a maximum of 2000 words
•There is no theme and entries can be on any subject
• All stories must be previously unpublished
• Entry is open to everyone aged 18+
• Fee £3
• Submission is via Submittable portal. The link will go live on
Saturday 3 June. More information here.
There will be a cash prize of £200, £100 and £50 for the three
winners and the top 20 stories will be published in an anthology by Valley Press in March 2018.
Our judges are Anna
Chilvers, author of Tainted Love,
and Angela
Readman, winner of the Costa Short Story
Prize 2013.
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There's just 3 weeks to go until the return of The Northern Short Story Festival 2017.
Download the Northern Short Story Festival Programme here.
The only festival of its kind in the North, celebrating
Northern writers and Northern talent on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the Carriageworks
Theatre, Leeds.
The Festival promotes the short story form through
workshops and events. Popular and published authors, editors and
small press publishers will come together to share their stories,
expertise and wisdom with you.
Tickets to the workshops are selling
fast and Zoe Lambert's Endings in Short Stories is now sold
out but you can still book onto How to Tell a
Story in an Image with Sarah Dobbs, Crime Writing with Jacob
Ross and Look to the Stars,
astronomy-inspired writing exercises led by A.J. Ashworth.
There are also two Q&As: Small Press
Panel – What do Editors look for in a Short Story? and Get Published,
Get Shortlisted.
There's a flash fiction slam competition.
9 slots, 5 minutes, best story wins!
There will also be the book launch of Leone
Ross' new short story collection, Come Let Us
Sing Anyway, published by Peepal Tree Press.
Tickets range from £5 to £9 or you can buy a day ticket
for £20. Full details are here.
The Northern Short Story Festival is a partnership
venture between the Leeds Big Bookend Festival and the Carriageworks
Theatre, with additional funding from Leeds
Inspired and Leeds
Philosophical and Literary Society. It has been
curated by Leeds author SJ Bradley.
Follow the Leeds Big Bookend on: Facebook/BigBookend,
Twitter/BigBookend and the
Northern Short Story Festival on: Facebook/NoShoStoFest, Twitter/NoShoSto
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The Northern Short Story
Festival is Back on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the Carriageworks
Theatre, Leeds.
Book Now!
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Just 4 weeks to go until the return of The Northern
Short Story Festival 2017!
The only
festival of its kind in the North, celebrating Northern writers and
Northern talent on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the Carriageworks
Theatre, Leeds.
The Festival promotes the short story form through
workshops and events. Popular and published authors, editors and
small press publishers will come together to share their stories,
expertise and wisdom with you.
We have 2 Q&As: Small
Press Panel – What do Editors look for in a Short Story? With
host Becky Cherriman and guests Teika Bellamy, (Mother's Milk
Books), Jamie McGarry (Valley Press) and Becca Parkinson (Comma
Press); Get
Published, Get Shortlisted hosted by James Nash with
writers Richard Smyth, A.J. Ashworth and Liz Ottosson.
We have 4 workshops: How to Tell a Story in
an Image with Sarah Dobbs; Endings in Short Stories
with Zoe Lambert; Crime Writing with
Jacob Ross; and Look
to the Stars,
astronomy-inspired writing exercises led by A.J. Ashworth.
There's a Flash
Fiction Slam competition. 9 slots,
5 minutes, best story wins! Our judges are Jimmy Andrex
and John Irving Clarke.
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Download the Programme here.
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