Soundart Stories

An author friend is having his short story broadcast on Soundart Radio tonight. I hadn't heard of them so looked into it and it is an interesting idea. You submit your short story (250 to 3000 words) and, if selected, that story will be read out. It's broadcast in the Totnes and Dartington area (102.5) so a small immediate audience, but the broadcast is available anywhere in the world via MixCloud.

I will be listening in to James Stevenson's story to see exactly how it works. It seems a good way to get your words out there as presumably you will be able to link to a permanent audio clip in order to help promote your work. Would be very interested to hear from anyone who has already submitted successfully.

Listen to Soundart short stories here
Read the Soundart blog here

The Brighton Book Festival

Another project I am working on at the moment is the Brighton Book Festival (9-12 June). The Festival is planned to be a community-based event which hopes to bring book lovers together to share their passion for books and writing. We've dubbed it Bookstock and we're hoping to capture that laid back Woodstock feel and I'm helping to organise some of the events.

I'm looking after the Publishing and Self-Publishing theme and have just listed a book discussion, a poetry reading, a Write Your Book session and a Publish Your Book session. Have a look at the site for more information and to book tickets. There's more being listed all the time (I have a couple of great events that I am waiting to finalise) so do check back or sign up to the mailing list.

I'm running the Get Your Book Published session so you can find information on this and other events I am running or participating in on my site too.

If you're in the area and you'd like to be involved please get in touch. The Festival is growing all the time and welcomes everyone!

Here Comes the Sun

So today is supposed to be the hottest day of the year so far. Well I don't want to hear that when I'm stuck at my desk thank you very much! I have a book deadline for the end of this week (which has already been extended twice of course) and I wish I could make myself type super-fast so I could have some time in the garden later. Here's hoping...