Thanks to Wyn Thomas from Radio Tircoed for inviting me as his After 5 Guest today. I'll be at Waterstones, Swansea Wed 25th Sept at 6pm in conversation with Elaine Canning Seren Cultural Institute - Swansea University waterstones.com/events/gemma-h…

🚨 NEXT THURSDAY! 🚨 we'll be revealing the 12 shortlisted authors 🖊️ who are in the running for this year's prestigious Rhys Davies Short Story Award 🏆👀

Thursday 19th October. 6PM Mumbales Alan Bilton, Author in conversation with Carole Hailey Tix/Info - shorturl.at/RGQ8m

📢 WYTHNOS NESAF 📢 'The Crazy Truth': Gemma June Howell mewn sgwrs ag Elaine Canning 📅 Nos Fercher 25 Medi ⌚️ 18:00-19:00 📍 Waterstones Swansea, 17 Stryd Rhydychen, Abertawe SA1 3AG DIM TOCYN OFYNNOL | DIM OND TROI I FYNY! *Sylwch: Cyflwynwyd y digwyddiad yn Saesneg

📢 NEXT WEEK! 📢 'The Crazy Truth': Gemma June Howell (Dr Gemma June Howell) in conversation with Elaine Canning (Elaine Canning) 📅 Wednesday 25th September ⌚️ 18:00-19:00 📍 Waterstones Swansea, 17 Oxford Street, Swansea SA1 3AG NO TICKETS REQUIRED | JUST TURN UP!

📢 MIS NESAF 📢 ‘Quickly, While They Still Have Horses': Gwobr Llenyddiaeth Yr Undeb Ewropeaidd Jan Carson mewn sgwrs gyda Elaine Canning 📅 Nos Iau 17 Hydref ⌚️ 6yn - 7yn 📍 Waterstones Abertawe, 17 Stryd Rhydychen, Abertawe SA1 3AG 🎟️ bit.ly/jancarson

📢 NEXT MONTH 📢 'Quickly, While They Still Have Horses': EUPL winner Jan Carson (Jan Carson) in conversation with Elaine Canning (Elaine Canning) 📅 Thursday 17th October ⌚️ 18:00-19:00 📍 Waterstones Swansea, 17 Oxford Street, Swansea SA1 3AG 🎟️ bit.ly/jancarson

📢TOMORROW📢 We unveil the 12 writers in the running for this year's Rhys Davies Short Story Award! 🥈11 finalists will receive £100 & publication in the Rhys Davies Short Story Anthology by Parthian Books 🥇The overall winner will receive £1000 & publication in the anthology.

I had the best time reading the entries for this amazing prize and deciding on a shortlist. I can't wait to see these fantastic writers published!

Thrilled to bits to be shortlisted for the 2024 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. swansea.ac.uk/press-office/n…

Wonderful words of praise for our 2024 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition shortlist from our guest judge, the brilliant award-winning fiction writer Rebecca F. John. 🖊️📚

Looking forward to reading these stories. Llongyfarchiadau to everyone on the short list.

So thrilled to be on this list with all these amazing writers, but a particular thrill to be on it with Anthony Shapland, one of the best writers (and humans!) I know

So excited to be part of this..

Have you got your tickets yet? "A richly comic and darkly disturbing story of unrequited love, fantastical adventure and the quest for a mysterious poem" - Carole Hailey watermarkpress.co.uk