Garrie Fletcher appearing at events at the Birmingham Literature Festival

Garrie is collaborating with artist Anya Jung on creating ‘a modern take on an urban gothic tale, set amongst the twisted architecture of Birmingham’ in the form of a comic book completed over the ten days of the festival. On October 8th at 6:30 in the Library of Birmingham visitors can see how they’re getting along, and join in a Q & A session. More details here.

Garrie is also featured in a poetry workshop as part of the Festival’s Extra events. Details here. Take note too, of the Lost Districts tribute to Joel Lane also part of the Extra events.

Mick Scully appearing at Best British Short Stories 2014 event

Mick Scully, whose story ‘The Sea in Birmingham’ appears in the Best British Short Stories 2014 will be appearing at the Library of Birmingham on October 30th, alongside another Brummie  and fellow contributor Louise Palfreyman, MJ Harrison and editor Nicholas Royle. The event is dedicated to Joel lane, who died last year. He was  a prolific story writer and contributed to Best British Short Stories 2012. More information here.

Picture below from the Library of Birmingham.

Best British Short Stories 2014

Elisabeth Charis and Yasmin Ali appearing at The Birmingham Literature Festival

Elisabeth is co-editor of the collection of tales inspired by the Odyssey, and Yasmin is a featured writers in the book. See below.

A Midlands Odyssey: with Natalie Haynes

NatalieHaynes_2013_1 image by Dan Mersh

October 7 @ 8:00 pm9:30 pm

| £8 / £6

Homer’s Odyssey is often claimed to be the great founding work of western literature. Three thousand years on, the story of Greek hero, Odysseus, and his epic journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War continues to inspire and enthral: shipwrecks and sirens, revenge and seduction, gods and mythical
creatures, it’s got it all.

A Midlands Odyssey is a collection of tales from the Odyssey, commissioned by Writing West Midlands and published by Nine Arches Press. Each tale has been set in the Midlands, and given new life by local writers.