On Monday 11th May 2009 the short story cafe welcomes
Peter Hobbs, Sharmila Chauhan, Martin Ouvry, Matt Thorne
The event runs 7pm to 8.30pm and is hosted by Alison DeFrees.
Venue: Costa Coffee, 15 Lower Regent Street, lower ground floor (one minute from Piccadilly Circus tube station). View Map
During the interval (7.30 or so) a light supper is available from the café – warm panini or Cajun chicken flatbread from £3 to £4, or treat yourself to fresh fruit salad, a cold drink, hot chocolate, iced coffee or an infusion.
The short story cafe is programmed by short fiction magazine Pulp Net, in association with Costa, the UK’s largest and fastest-growing coffee shop brand, and sponsor of some of the UK’s most prestigious literary awards.
This particular event is also in association with Tell Tales and celebrates the recent publication of their ‘Global Village’ anthology.
http://pulp.net
www.telltales.co.uk
www.costa.co.uk
Reader info:
Peter Hobbs’s debut novel, The Short Day Dying, was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize. His short story collection I’m Gonna Ride All Night On My Cool Blue Train is published by Faber.
Sharmila Chauhan’s short stories have appeared in various magazines and in Tell Tales Vol 2.
Martin Ouvry’s stories have appeared in anthologies and magazines including New Writing, Tell Tales, The Flash and Concrete.
Matt Thorne is a prolific author of novels and short stories. His novel Cherry (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) was long-listed for the 2004 Man Booker Prize.
