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Entice readers with a short story designed to be heard.
The joy and terror of reading your writing to an audience is the feedback. Perhaps you hear silence, perhaps you’re lucky enough to have an ...
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Our plans for Novel Nights in 2026 and 2027
Our current offering for writers at Novel Nights is a short story night, Fresh Fiction, in Somerset. This has been running for a few years ...
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BBC Radio Somerset – lean in and listen
Sometimes, a quick email works wonders. I wrote to Radio Somerset, letting them know that Fresh Fiction short story nights are featuring at Ilminster LIt ...
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Success with short fiction by Lesley Richardson
Blog By Lesley Richardson “I’ll reject a short story after two sentences if it hasn’t grabbed me,” says Short Fiction editor and award-winning writer ...