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|  | | Defying any attempt to pigeonhole her skills and talents Mariella combines her television and radio career with that of a prolific journalist.
Over a fifteen-year TV career she has continued to impress both audiences and critics with her friendly, accessible and intelligent screen presence. Her projects run the gamut from current affairs to movies and the arts.
As a journalist she is currently the film critic for Harpers And Queen and has a weekly dilemma column in The Observer Magazine, while her book reviews and travel pieces appear regularly in the press. She has also been a member of the Booker-Mann Prize panel.
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This Week
Listen to Tracy Chevalier interview
Listen to Keith Ridgway interview
On the programme this week we'll be talking about the plight of the short story - are reports of its demise premature?
Tracy Chevalier, best selling author of Girl With A Pearl Earring explains her continuing passion for Vermeer and we'll be guiding you through the internet jungle, helping you find the best writers' websites and how to buy books on the internet.
This week's books
The Long Falling
by Keith Ridgway
(Faber and Faber)
The Parts
by Keith Ridgway
(Faber and Faber)
Awards:
Asham Award
Website:Asham Award
The biennial short story competition for new women writers
Thousands of pounds in prize money to be won
Winning stories to be published by Bloomsbury alongside specially commissioned stories by six top novelists
Closing date for entries:
January 31st 2003
For an entry form and further details send an A5 stamped addressed envelope to:
The Administrator,
Asham Literary Endowment Trust,
Southover House,
Southover Road,
Lewes,
East Sussex,
BN7 1DY
V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2003
Website:V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2003
A prize of £1,000 will be awarded for an unpublished short story of between 2,000 and 4,000 words.
The closing date is 31st January 2003.
Entries will be judged by Sebastian Barker, editor of The London Magazine, Anne Chisholm and Helen Simpson and the winning story will be published in The London Magazine.
For an entry form please send a self-addressed envelope (C5) to:
the Secretary,
the Royal Society of Literature,
Somerset House,
Strand, London
WC2R 1LA
WHERE TO BUY BOOKS
Website:Amazon
Website:Blackwell
Website:Barnes and Noble
Website:Book Finder
Website:Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
Website:The Booksellers' Association
(The Booksellers' Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Ltd.)
Website:Book Town
Auction sites:
Website:Ebay
Website:QXL
Search engine:
Website:Google
Website:Froogle
WRITERS WEB SITES
Website:Amanda Craig
Website:Jeanette Winterson
Website:Scarlett Thomas
Website:Tracey Chevalier
Website:Aidan Chambers
Email:[email protected]
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Radio 4 Readings and Short Stories
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His Dark Materials - from BBC Radio Drama
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