A few weeks ago Stephen Fry handed me a Betty Trask Award in a huge envelope and told me to … More
Author: claresitafisher
I write, I read, I walk, I run.
I also won the 2013 Spread the Word Writer's Prize and the 2013 Cinnamon Press Writer's Prize for Short Fiction.
One of these days I will set up a proper website, but until now, here are my micro-stories about Leeds.
All the Good Things is on the Betty Trask shortlist
Thrilled that All the Good Things has been shortlisted for the 2018 Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors:
Book Launch(es), Actual Holdable Books & Other Larks…
Today, some four years after I began to write it, I held my short story collection, How the Light Gets … More
All the Good Things is out in paperback
All the Good Things is out in paperback as of 5th April. Here is a lovely table of the critters … More
How the Light Gets In: Some News
Not long now until my collection of very short fiction, How the Light Gets In, is published by Influx Press … More
What Stops You From Writing?
Don’t be Defeated by the great I-Don’t-Know
How to Write a Novel workshop at The Bowery this April
I’m looking forward to teaching another How to Write a Novel workshop at The Bowery, Leeds on Sunday 15th April, after … More
What I’m up to in 2018
Book-wise, the paperback of my debut novel, All the Good Things, will be out in April and my collection of … More
‘A Sparky and Unsettling Debut’: All the Good Things reviewed in The Guardian
All the Good Things has been reviewed by Gerard Woodward in The Guardian. He describes it as a ‘sparky and … More
Autumn events
Sat 30 September, 3.30pm Debut fiction panel: how to write and publish your first novel, with Sarah Bradley and June Taylor … More
