Podcasts about claire lacey

From action heroes to Irish farmers, murderers to museum guards, via cuckolds, crosswords, paint colours, relationship sommeliers and a man who starts growing balloons all over his body, we read ten wild, weird and wonderful flash fiction stories at our 11th birthday special on Tuesday 10th April. *STORIES for SMALL & BEAUTIFUL - RUNNING ORDER* Mugged by Stephen Baily, read by Miranda Harrison The Last Real Thing by MFC Feeley, read by James Price Lighter than Air by Anton Rose read by Miranda Harrison Wine Frame of Mind by Joseph Francis, read by James Price Action by William Conway, read by Rich Keeble *INTERVAL & BOOK QUIZ - PLAY ALONG!* Mandatory Meeting for Museum Guards Before The VIP + Members' Exhibition Opening Reception by Rachel Karyo NEW AUTHOR, read by Keleigh Wolf Chiaroscuro by Richard Shury, read by Rich Keeble Decluttering by Sue Smith, read by Claire Lacey 24 Tiny Tales by Andreas Paraskevaides, read by Claire Lacey & Will Goodhand Losers by Nicolas Ridley read by Will Goodhand

The five winning stories from our National Gallery competition for short stories inspired by paintings. Featuring models, virgins, Duchesses, conquerors and tigers - to name but a few ... WINNING STORIES RUNNING ORDER Authenticity and the Madonna by Ingrid Jendrzejewski, read by Sarah Feathers, inspired by Madonna with the Iris, workshop of Albrecht Durer Stilleven by Gregory Jackson, read by David Mildon, inspired by Still Life with Pewter Vessels and Crab by Willem Claeszoon Heda The Lost Species by Jenny Ramsay, read by Miranda Harrison, inspired by Surprised! by Henri Rousseau Desperately Seeking Hephaestion by Elizabeth Hopkinson, read by Nicholas Delvalle, inspired by The Family of Darius before Alexander by Paolo Veronese, The Ugly Duchess by Fiona Salter, read by Claire Lacey, inspired by An Old Woman (The Ugly Duchess) by Quinten Massys

Flash fiction—also known as short short fiction, sudden fiction, or "a smoke long" fiction—has been around since Aesop's Fables, but it's never been more popular, with magazines and websites now dedicated solely to it. It even has its own national day. In this Litro Lab episode, I talk to flash fiction writers David Gaffney (Sawn-off Tales, Salt, 2006), Tania Hershman (The White Road and Other Stories, Salt, 2008; My Mother Was an Upright Piano, Tangent, 2012) and Calum Kerr, director of National Flash Fiction Day (NFFD), about what makes great micro-fiction. We also hear some of their ultra-short stories, among pieces by Franz Kafka and Vanessa Gebbie. Featured stories (in this order): "Vegetable Mineral" by Tania Hershman, from My Mother Was an Upright Piano, Tangent, 2012. Read by Tania Hershman "The Cares of a Family Man" by Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, from A Country Doctor, 1919.  Read by Greg Page "Flight" by Vanessa Gebbie, from Jawbreakers, NFFD, 2012. Read by Claire Lacey "Happy Place" by David Gaffney, from Sawn-off Tales, Salt, 2006. Read by Kenny Reid "Who's the Boss" by Calum Kerr Read by Richard Koworld "Of Human Kindness (Buenos Aires)" by Vanessa Gebbie Read by Claire Lacey MUSIC CREDITS: 'Piano Between', Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ —Emily Cleaver See full article at http://www.litro.co.uk/?p=30641