February 2020: Competition Monthly

...31 May 2020 Entry: £8 Details   *     Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’ Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley...

A. L. Lester – The Fog Of War

...France. Dr Frances Ivens ran a hospital at the monastery of Royaumont staffed entirely by women and that was where I placed Sylvia. I was also inspired by the Endell...

New Releases: February 2021

...the battlefields of France?           Francesca Capaldi: Heartbreak in the Valleys Historical Saga Hera Paperback 25th February     For Anwen, life is hard, but she...

The Oath By Patricia M. Osborne

...poems and short stories appearing in various literary magazines and anthologies. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Taxus Baccata, was nominated for the Michael Marks Pamphlet Award. Patricia has a successful blog...

Julie Stock – Starting Over At The Vineyard In Alsace

...to tell this story? Lottie’s character was partly shaped by the fact that I wanted her to be quite different from her sister, Fran, who is the main character in...

Joan Hessayon Award 2019 – Meet The Contenders 1

...Francesca? After several years in the wonderful New Writers’ Scheme, it is lovely to graduate and stand alongside my fellow contenders. You can find out more about Francesca on her...

New Publications: January 2019

...and Paperback January 2019 Escape to a tropical paradise in this epic story of hidden pasts and family secrets: When successful jewellery designer Isla Ashton unexpectedly inherits her eccentric Aunt...

Launching RNA Learning

...on a new educational strand. To that end we have developed RNA Learning, the RNA’s new online workshop initiative which is being inaugurated as part of the RNA’s Diamond celebrations....

Independent Bookshop Week

...Rosanna Ley’s stories for Italy, Jo Thomas’s for France; or if I want to delve into the past then Elizabeth Chadwick’s, Jean Fullerton’s or Dilly Court’s fit the bill; or...

Competition Monthly: May 2021

...all published online and professional recording made Closing date: 27 June 2021 Entry: £8 Details Audio Arcadia Short Story Competition Theme: Open, 5,000 max Prizes: Publication in an anthology (paperback...

January 2020: Competition Monthly

...Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’ Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley & District Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash...

April 2019: Competition Monthly

...on CB online course. Closing date: 1 August 2019 Entry: Free Details *   Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’...