Our Twitter Indie Book Giveaway has come to an end and now it’s time to announce the winner and their prize! As this giveaway was indie themed, the books were selected from independent publishers and purchased either directly from them or from The London Review Bookshop. The three mystery
READ MOREOur Story of the Week is a mother-daughter story from the writer John Lee Langton. John turned to writing later in life, first taking a creative writing evening course at a local college, and then following up a couple of years later with the prestigious Diploma in Creative writing from Kellogg C
READ MOREOur Story of the Week is a touching story from the writer Yvonne Dykes. Yvonne writes both short stories and longer fiction. In 2014, she self-published her first novel Brondesbury Villas on Amazon Kindle and began attending creative writing courses at City Lit. In 2015, her first short story, A
READ MOREOur Story of the Week is a mystery story from the writer David Lewis. David was nine when he began his literary career. He entered his school’s writing competition with a short story called Cindy to the Rescue. David won the prize with this tale about a heroic nine-year-old girl who single-hand
READ MOREOur Story of the Week is a historical story from the writer Barbara Mercer. Barbara started writing as a child. She told us that at the age of ten, her first attempt at a novel featured a hard-boiled US detective. She thought it was a disaster but her parents found it hilarious. Since then she’
READ MOREOur short story of the week is a loneliness story by Nanditha Ram. Nanditha Ram is an India-born and raised, New Zealand-based writer of short fiction. She has a background in English Literature and Journalism. She also writes regularly on yoga and wellness. Her blog of six years on the same subj
READ MOREOur story of the week is a story about betrayal from the writer E J Saleby. E J Saleby started writing poetry and stories as a small child and then became distracted by playing and listening to music, which was fun while it lasted. He started writing again after a new year’s resolution to try a
READ MOREOur short story of the week is a story about adolescence by Bronwen Griffiths. Bronwen Griffiths is the author of two novels, A Bird in the House (2014) and Here Casts No Shadow (2018), plus two collections of flash fiction, Not Here, Not Us – Stories of Syria (2016) and Listen with Moth
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