So many creative people in Lewisham!
A booklet with stories from the City of Stories winners across London will be available soon - look out for it in our libraries and get your free copy by attending the Masterclass creative writing workshop at Forest Hill Library on Sunday 18 November 2-4pm. www.cityofstories.eventbrite.com
Below are the winning and highly commended creative writers from Lewisham
Winner: Aaron Cox: Herd & Splinter
Aaron grew up in Sydney and has an MA in Creative Writing. His short stories have received commendations at the London Short Story Prize (2016), BBC Radio 4’s Opening Lines and US journal Glimmer Train. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
Highly Commended: Yovanka Paquete Perdigao: Crying Cobalt Blue
Yovanka Paquete Perdigao is a Bissau-Guinean writer, editor and translator. Her poetry has been published in Brittle Paper, her translations in Jalada and her writing in the Guardian, English Pen and AFREADA.
Highly Commended: Simon Higgs: Daredevil
Professional gin drinker and library guy, but never at the same time. Wrote a novel three years ago and has been editing it ever since.
Highly Commended: Anita Goveas: Some Family Recipes Are Not Written Down
Anita Goveas is British-Asian, based in London, and fuelled by strong coffee and paneer jalfrezi. She was published in the 2016 London Short Story Prize anthology.
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