About the Event
Published short story writers from Surrey and Sussex, including Alice Fowler, Tracy Fells, Sarah Hegarty, Ruth Brandt, Julie Evans and David Reading read from their work. A chance to meet award-winning writers, ask questions, buy books and celebrate the short story form.
A glass of wine included with your ticket.
Ruth Brandt is a writer and creative writing tutor. Her prize-winning short story collection No One
has any Intention of Building a Wall is published by Fly on the Wall Press. Her stories have been
widely published and nominated for prizes including the Best Small fictions and Pushcart Prize.
X/Instagram: @RuthABrandt
Sarah Hegarty’s fiction has been published in magazines and anthologies including Mslexia and The
Mechanics’ Institute Review. Her work has twice won the Yeovil Literary Prize and been shortlisted
for the Bridport, Exeter and Manchester prizes. Her debut collection, Magpie and Other Stories, is
out on September 28 from Troubador.
http://sarahhegarty.wordpress.com
@SarahHegarty1
Alice Fowler is an award-winning writer of short stories and longer fiction. Her debut short story
collection, The Truth Has Arms and Legs, was published by Fly On The Wall Press in July 2023. Her
work has won the Historical Writers’ Association and Wells Festival of Literature short story prizes.
Listings include the Exeter, Bournemouth and Harper’s Bazaar prizes.
X /Instagram: @alicefwrites
Julie Evans’ short fiction has won and been placed in a number of competitions. Her work
has been published in anthologies, magazines, national and local newspapers, recorded on
audio, and performed on stage. Julie lives in Surrey and her favourite things are family,
forests and firelight.
David Reading is a journalist from Ash. During lockdown, he and old friend Alexis Krite wrote a
collection of short stories called The Kindness of Time. Sales support local charity Challengers.
Dave has written three unpublished novels and a factual book on spirituality. He writes regularly
for the Guildford Dragon NEWS.
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