This year marks the 10th anniversary of Small Wonder: The Short Story Festival, a celebration of the short story, which takes place at Charleston Barn, Lewes between September 25-29.
To celebrate this milestone the festival will be:
• Announcing The Charleston/Chichester Award for a Life Time’s Excellence in Short Fiction, a major new international literary award in conjunction with University of Chichester.
• Congratulating three Booker long-listed writers: Jim Crace, Jhumpa Lahiri and Alison Macleod.
• Enjoying the love letters between artist Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood.
• Playing literary consequences with A.S. Byatt and Adam Foulds.
• Entertaining guests with appearances by DBC Pierre, Naomi Alderman and Lemn Sissay.
Discussing different ways of telling stories with Deborah Levy and psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz.
• Cheering short listed writers and judges for the BBC Short Story Award; the Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award; the Asham Award; the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award; including Joanna Trollope, Helen Dunmore, Sarah Hall, David Vann and David Constantine.
• Inviting Katherine Mansfield in the 125th anniversary since her birth.
• Hosting a Soho Literary Salon and a Short Story Slam.
• Rocking and rolling with Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne.
• Experimenting with Fringe events for young and old with the Outsider programme.
Diana Reich, artistic director, said:
“This is a landmark year for Small Wonder. Over the past decade, the Festival has become a centre of excellence for the short story and is synonymous with the revival of interest in the genre.
“There is no better way to celebrate this milestone than by launching a new literary prize, together with the University of Chichester, honouring an outstanding record in the publication of remarkable short stories.”
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