Tabitha PottsOur regular writers’ salon at the Colony Room Green, 4 Heddon Street, Regent Street W1B 4BS continues on Monday 11th November with a theme of Food. It is free to join us in this art-filled, welcoming space to listen to our authors read aloud from their work.
We have some wonderful authors coming to read for you:
Lana Citron is a prize-winning author and scriptwriter with twenty years’ professional writing experience. She has published five novels, two non-fiction books and numerous short stories, plays, poems, film scripts, articles and book reviews. You can read more about her work at www.lanacitron.com.
Lindsay Gillespie, from South Wales, now resides in the South Downs. She has lived in New Delhi, Washington DC, France, and Tokyo, where she taught English. A Costa 2021 Short Story Award finalist, she was also a finalist for the 2022 Bridport Short Story Prize, with stories shortlisted in Fiction Factory, Exeter, and Oxford Flash Fiction. Find her on Twitter @LindsGillesp14.
Dr Stuart Gillespie has four decades of experience in nutrition and development since his first position as nutrition coordinator in a rural development project in southern India in the early 80s. His book Food Fight tells the tale of how the food system we once relied upon for global nutrition has warped into the very thing making us sick. It will be published by Canongate in 2025.
Sue Hubbard is a poet, novelist and freelance art critic. You can learn more about her on her website www.suehubbard.com. Her two most recent works are Flatlands by Sue Hubbard | 9781911590743 | Pushkin Press, Mercure de France in The Sunday Times list of best historical fiction 2023 and Rainsongs – Duckworth Books, Overlook Press US, Mercure de France and Yilin Press, China.
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.
Tabitha Potts is a short story writer and novelist, recognised with an Honourable Mention in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and third place in the Olga Sinclair Prize. Her debut novel will be published by Rowan Prose Publishing in 2026.
The Colony Room Green is a brilliantly detailed and evocative recreation of the legendary drinking club in Soho by Darren Coffield, who has written a book about its long and louche history. You will find some wonderful art, cartoons and memorabilia on the walls and drinks at 1990s prices. Just one thing – remember that using mobile phones is frowned on.
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