I’m just back from London and a very special visit to Croydon High School for Girls where I led several short story workshops in their wonderful library. There’s so much going on in the library, all credit to the lovely librarian Karen and her enthusiastic readers and helpers. There are some very talented writers there too – and I’m hoping that some of them will now get into that notebook habit and start scribbling – who knows where it will lead.
I did catch cold in London, the only downside of my trip, but despite my cold I am absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Manchester Prize for Fiction. The only woman too -so I’ll definitely be flying the female flag and thinking of the Croydon Girls!
The prize giving and announcement of the winner will take place on Friday October 17th – so wish me luck. If you’d like to find out about the other five shortlisted writers and read their stories, as well as mine, you can do so HERE
