Friday, February 26, 2010

An Afternoon with Clare Wigfall

2008 BBC National Short Story Award winner Clare Wigfall will be making an appearance in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday March 13, 2010.
 
Clare's debut collection of short stories The Loudest Sound and Nothing was published in 2007 to critical acclaim. In 2008 she won the internationally renowned BBC National Short Story Award for The Numbers, one of the stories from her collection. She currently lives in Berlin.  She is currently working on a novel set in Malaysia, and would welcome an opportunity to talk to you about her research.

Venue: Instant CAFE HOUSE of ART and IDEAS (CHAI)
Date: March 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 6 Jalan 6/3, Off Jalan Templer, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Entrance Fee : Donation RM20 (for upkeep of CHAI House)

You can read an interview with Clare on Eric Forbes’ blog, and her prize-winning story is linked here.

6 comments:

Amir Muhammad said...

Such bad spelling she has ;-)

Preets said...

Amir, you are naughty. But we already knew that.

bibliobibuli said...

i corrected the one and only spelling mistake *blush*

Unknown said...

Boohoohohooo...I won't be able to make it, and I so wanted to attend her reading after the story we read at the workshop!

Someone please take videos...:(

Amir Muhammad said...

Eh no Sharon, I was referring to Clare's story lah ;-) And it was a joke.

bibliobibuli said...

see, Amir, you've given me a complex.