Stories come in all shapes and sizes. Join writers Camilla Grudova, Teika Marija Smits and Elspeth Wilson as we celebrate their imagination in short fiction and poetry.
Camilla Grudova lives in Scotland where she works as an usher in an old cinema. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University, Montreal. Her fiction has appeared in The White Review and Granta..Her debut collection The Doll’s Alphabet was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2017. Her first novel, Children of Paradise, was published by Atlantic Books in July 2022 and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Granta named her one their Best Young British Novelists list. Her short story collection The Coiled Serpent was published by Atlantic to critical acclaim in November 2023.
Teika Marija Smits is a UK-based writer, freelance editor and mother-of-two. Her poetry, short fiction and non-fiction have been widely published. Teika was formerly the managing editor of Mother’s Milk Books and is now an Editor-at-Large at Valley Press alongside running The Book Stewards – a writers’ support site that she manages with her husband. In her spare moments she likes to doodle, draw and paint. She is delighted by the fact that ‘Teika’ means fairy tale in Latvian (she is half-Latvian; the other half is Russian). She was born in Windsor, Berkshire, in the 1970s and can still remember a time before the internet and smartphones. (In the eyes of her children, that makes her ancient!)
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Elspeth Wilson is a writer and poet who is interested in exploring the limitations and possibilities of the body through writing, as well as writing about joy and happiness from a marginalised perspective. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Too Hot to Sleep, is published by Written Off Publishing and was shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s 2023 Poetry Book of the Year Award. Her debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is forthcoming with Simon and Schuster in 2025. She can usually be found in or near the sea.
This event will be chaired by Lindz McLeod.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes followed by a book signing
Venue: Upper Hall
Price: £11/£8 concession - In Person - or £5.50 Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
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