Special Guests; Literary Fiction

Meeting A Pulitzer Prize Winner: Paul Harding

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:46:45 +0100

Cue jaw drop! I jumped up and ran off to grab a coffee to steady my nerves. One problem though. There was this little guy in my way. As I hovered, he quietly filled his cup and stood out of my way. I walked back to my seat slowly, letting the smell of my rich coffee be the envy of everyone present. I stopped sniffing, however, when the guy from the coffee pot walked to the front of the room and introduced himself. “Hello and welcome. I am Paul Harding.”

Six years ago, Ameri...

Spreading the Word

Wed, 04 May 2011 20:55:55 +0100

When Flanagan left her native Trinidad for a life in the USA, life seemed to lead her away from her writing dream as marriage and motherhood became the natural progression, but in 1975 – eight years after she first arrived in the United States – Brenda Flanagan began undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. The university student who had left school at 14 went on to win three major Hopwood Awards for her writing which included short stories, a novel and drama. And that same studen...