At The Book Edit we love to keep in touch with our writers and champion their successes. So we were delighted when some of our 2021 Writers’ Prize winners shared their news. Congratulations to them all!
Bren Gosling’s new play ‘Proud’ had a sell-out run at the King’s Head Theatre, London in February this year. Inspired by his novel,The Street Sweeper, which was won of the winning entries in the Writers’ Prize 2021, his powerful new drama focuses on a queer love story and tackles contemporary themes of race, trauma, religion, and sexuality.
Described by the actress Alison Steadman as 'A wonderful story. Compelling. Please see it,’ ‘Proud’ will be staged again in June, this time at The Hope Theatre, London, where it will run from 28 June - 16 July. To book tickets, visit the box office here.
Bren Gosling
Hannah Hoare has been busy publishing her growing collection of short stories. ‘The Nostalgia Machine’ has been accepted by a new independent magazine called Infinity Wanderers. Another story, ‘The Curse’, has been selected to be read at The Social, London, on June 10th. The story also appears in the latest edition of Open Pen, No. 29, and takes centre stage on their cover. As if that’s not enough, she’s also published in Grindstone Literary for her prize-winning international short story, ‘The Twopenny Bargain’.
Open Pen Issue No. 29
Mich Maroney
Since being one of the eight Writers’ Prize winners, Mich Maroney’s been busy. She was a recent winner in The Cork Book Festival’s competition for new writers where last month she and nine other winners read their work aloud in front of agents. Speaking of the event, Mich said “The reading was actually quite nerve-wracking - very different to reading on Zoom but the room was full of writers so there was a very supportive atmosphere.” She also received invaluable feedback on her submission and is currently using this to restructure her novel Ink, Blood, Brick, Bone.
Not content with winning further prizes, Mich has also been hard at her latest venture, a literary magazine for new and emerging writers called Swerve which will launch at The West Cork Literary Festival on 11th July at which there will be readings by three authors, a round table discussion with three other magazines and an exhibition of images from the magazine.
Congratulations to all and watch this space for more news on our winning writers!