Dancing With Mr Darcy, fiction, Foyles, London, Short stories, Writing
In Event, Freelance, Lane Ashfeldt, Short stories, Writing, fiction on October 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM
‘Dancing with Mr Darcy’ editors Sarah Waters and Lindsay Ashford were there to celebrate and endorse the book, which is a collection of short stories inspired by Jane Austen, published by Honno.
The authors gathered together to hear a reading of the winning story by Victoria Owens (pictured here in the centre). It was my first time having a story published in a collection in which all the authors were women, and I don’t know if that is why, but there was something extra nice about it.
Later I caught up with fellow London author Andrea Watsmore, and a few of us took Jane (and The Little Stranger) to the pub. I wonder what Jane Austen would have made of the girl with the bright blue hair?
Lane Ashfeldt, reading, Respect Festival
In Event, Life, Short stories on July 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Ooops, meant to add a link earlier for this event tomorrow – at Respect Festival, Willesden, where I’m reading along with several writers who contributed to the heftily titled anthology What We Were Thinking Just Before The End (aka ’WWWTJBTE’ — and no, I don’t know how to pronounce that either. Maybe I am not East European enough.) Anyway, all that is happening 6pm-7ish, at the Shh tent, Respect Festival, Roundwood Park. Entry is free, and there will be music and other entertainments in the afternoon and into the early evening, and hopefully some more sunny weather, too. How to get there.
