Shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2023

My story “The Storm” has been shortlisted for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award. I am really stoked.

The story will be read by fellow Durbanite Cokey Falkow, and broadcast on Radio 4 on Thursday 14 September at 15:30. There will also be a short interview with me. The story will also be available on BBC Sounds.

The story is as-yet unpublished, but will be collected in a volume by Comma Press with all of the shortlisted stories. This book will be published on 14 September.

Congratulations to the other four shortlisted writers. The winner is announced on Radio 4 Front Row on Tuesday 26 September at 19:15.

Special thanks to Åsa Foster and Sophie Holgersson, who last year invited me to and hosted me at Hedlandet Residens in Sweden, where I wrote this story while looking at an old beech forest. Thank you for allowing me the time and space to write.