Shortlistings
Extracts from early drafts of Mistress of the Sea have been shortlisted for two national awards: The Willesden Herald International Short Story Award and the Short Story Radio First Chapter Award. (In the picture I’m with Rana Dasgupta, the adjudicator for the WHI Short Story Award at the Costa, Piccadilly, with (from left to right) Claudia Boers, Margot Taylor, Jill Widner and Lane Ashfeldt of...
Read MoreFestival of Romance Awards
In October 2011 I acted as Moderator for the inaugural Festival of Romance Reader Awards. There’s a piece about that experience here: Gaining insight through judging – moderating the Festival of Romance Reader Awards
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In June 2011 I took part in the Maritime History Panel at the fourth North American Historical Novel Society Conference in San Diego. (Pictured with me, left to right, are Gillian Bagwell (moderator), Karlee Turner Etter, Christine Echeverria Bender, and Pulitzer prize-winning William Dietrich)
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