by Kate Birch | Jul 18, 2017 | UEA FLY Festival
… Unperturbed, Lisa returned to her bedroom, burying her small, childish nose in her book where it belonged. She wasn’t concerned about Ollie; disappearances and reappearances of animals, people and objects were an ordinary aspect of Lisa’s extraordinary life....
by Kate Birch | Jul 18, 2017 | UEA FLY Festival
More from the UEA FLY Festival today with the winner of the 15-18 yr old category in the Short Story Competition: A poignant and evocative work that belies Charlotte Finch’s 18 years. (Introduction by YA author Alexander Gordon Smith and author and festival...
by Kate Birch | Jul 17, 2017 | UEA FLY Festival
Once again, Ink Sweat & Tears is proud to feature the winners of the Short Story Competition from the Festival of Literature for Young people (FLY) which is held at the University of East Anglia every summer. There were more than 150 entries which bodes well for...
by Kate Birch | Jul 17, 2017 | UEA FLY Festival
… Lisa shivered, mouth folding into a rigid frown. “Ollie, don’t you dare pull one of your stunts! Don’t you dare?” She paused expectantly, scanning the garden and numerous paths for a sign of movement. It was a trick: it had to be a trick. Cruel, thoughtless,...
by Kate Birch | Jun 28, 2016 | UEA FLY Festival
We are never disappointed by the 11-14 yrs entries for the Short Story Competition at the UEA FLY Festival and this year was no different. How do you make a decision when the imagination of these kids seems to have no bounds taking them back into history, forward into...
by Kate Birch | Jun 28, 2016 | UEA FLY Festival
The Truth of Robin Hood It was going to be a great day. One, there were no lessons as we were going to this festival thing at the university in Norwich, two, Mum seemed to be getting better, and three… I didn’t get as far as three because the bus sort of...
