Tabitha Potts
Please make a note in your diaries for our next live short story reading, on the 9th June, which is based on the theme of ‘The Library’. We will be looking at the power and magic of words, and how others seek to limit and control them. Writers who are reading their work include Lindsay Gillespie, Simon Roberts, Declan Geraghty, Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts.
We will also be running a series of flash fiction workshops in June, July and August in the beautiful surroundings of the Holland Park Cafe run by Daisy Green, which is generously hosting us (and providing free teas and coffees). The workshops are £30 a head with five subsidised free places for concessions – you can buy tickets here.
Do listen to some of our latest podcasts – we had some wonderful short stories on the theme of love from some of our writers which you can listen to here. The regular literary salon has become a cornerstone of our podcast and we are so grateful to all the writers who have submitted stories for it. It’s a fun, informal event in the inspiring surroundings of the Colony Room Green, who are hosting us every two months.
We’ve also got some exciting podcasts coming. On June 1st, you will be able to hear a podcast about our visit to Secrets of the Thames, an exhibition about mudlarking that is currently on the London Museum Docklands. Mudlarking is subject that has always fascinated us and inspired writers and works of art over the years.
And soon we will have an interview with Allie Esiri, British writer, poetry curator and actor, about her recent book Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, which we watched and recorded in the beautiful surroundings of the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. You’ll be able to hear some extracts from her Shakespeare anthology performed by an amazing cast of actors, including Damian Lewis, Tony Robinson, Olivia Williams, James Phoon, Indira Varma, Hugh Ross, Kate Fleetwood, Danny Sapani, Samantha Spiro and Susan Wokoma. Stay tuned for more!
