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Story Radio Writers’ Salon
Come join us for an evening of storytelling on the theme of the Library at our Writers’ Salon ! Libraries have been in the news recently, with the disgraceful sacking of Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Librarian of Congress. We believe in the vital work librarians do everywhere.
We will be listening to the work of Declan Geraghty, Lindsay Gillespie, Simon Roberts, Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts (and recording live for our podcast).
Declan Geraghty is a working class writer and poet from Dublin. He’s had poetry published in Shanghai Poetry Lab, Epoque Press, Militant Thistles, Cry of the Poor and the Brown Envelope Book. His latest short story featured in Lumpen London issue 11. He has won a mentorship with Words Ireland, and their national mentoring program for new writers. He’s recently won a scholarship place with The Stinging Fly Play It Forward Programme, and been awarded a mentorship with Skylight 47 Poetry.
Unfortunately Declan can’t be with us to read his story but Simon Roberts, an actor and writer, has kindly offered to read for him.
Lindsay Gillespie was born in South Wales, and lives in the South Downs. In between she has been a graphic designer and illustrator, lived in New Delhi, Washington DC, France and taught English in Tokyo. In 2018-2019, she was enrolled in the Creative Writing Programme of New Writing South. She writes short and not-so-short stories and was a Costa 2021 Short Story Award finalist. A year later, she was a finalist for the Bridport Short Story Prize. Other short stories have been shortlisted in nine competitions in recent years including Fiction Factory, Exeter, Oxford Flash Fiction, Fiction Factory Flash, Rhys Davies, Frome, ChipLit, Edinburgh and Fish.
Simon Roberts is currently based in West London and writes short stories and flash fiction. He was longlisted for the 2022 Fish Short Story Prize. He has read his work on Riverside Radio, London’s largest community radio station. Simon also writes for the theatre; his adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s 1947 novel The Slaves of Solitude will be produced by the Questors Theatre in 2024.
Martin Nathan ‘s short fiction and poetry have appeared in various journals. His novel A Place of Safety is published by Salt Publishing. His dramatic writing has been shortlisted for the Nick Darke Award and the Woodward International Prize. Martin will be reading from a new short story.
Founder and co-host of the Story Radio Podcast, Tabitha Potts is a short story writer and novelist. She received an Honourable Mention in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize for her story ‘Poppet’ and is publishing her debut novel The House of Dust and Shadows in 2026 with Rowan Prose Publishing. Tabitha will be reading from a new short story.
Listen to our previous Salon here on the podcast.
We’ll be downstairs in the Colony Room Green, an art lovers paradise with an excellent bar at 4 Heddon St.
Come along and be inspired by listening to authors reading their short stories. There will be books for sale, so there will be opportunities to get an author-signed copy and to discuss their work.
