Catching up…
Wishing all my readers and followers a better year ahead. And thank you for all your support. Seem to have got behind with my posts, owing to winter torpor (pandemic…
‘An adventurous and assured collection’ – another Five Star review for ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’
I am so pleased to have another five star review of my collection, featured on Amazon and Goodreads. It’s by David Rose, who also appeared in this year’s ‘Best (British)…
Pushcart Prize Nomination!
I am thrilled to be among Arachne Press’s nominations for next year’s Pushcart Prize. This is for my story ‘Ballast’, which featured in their ‘Time and Tide’ anthology. It’s a story I was…
Another Review for ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’
A review of ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ is up on the TSS Publishing website.https://theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-review-trouble-crossing-the-bridge-by-diana-powell/(The photo is of Jacci, not me!) Reviewer Jacci Gooding concentrates chiefly on a few stories, while calling…
‘Whale Watching’ in ‘The Western Telegraph’
Lovely to have this piece about ‘Whale Watching’, in our local paper, ‘The Western Telegraph’. (Like the headline!)https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/18874816.whale-watching-diana-powell-years-best-british-short-stories-anthology/The story is set in Fishguard, one of the areas covered by the paper, and…
Wales Arts Review Article – Diana Powell/Best (British) Stories 2020-11-09
I’m very pleased to have an article up on the Wales Arts Review website, regarding my inclusion in this year’s Best (British) Short Stories, and the publication of ‘Trouble Crossing…
Best (British) Short Stories 2020/Diana Powell!
Publication day of ‘Best (British) Short Stories 2020’ has arrived! And here’s my story ‘Whale Watching’ in my contributor’s copy. It is absolutely thrilling to see it there, among the…
Trouble Crossing the Bridge in Blackwell’s, Oxford
Spotted in Blackwell’s Oxford by my niece. My short story collection, ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ It’s on a shelf of single-author collections, and I’m in the company of Salman Rushdie, Annie…
Cambridge Short Story Prize, 3rd Place, up on TSS website
I’m thrilled to see my story, ‘How Plants Bounce Back From Crushing Blows’, up on the TSS website (theshortstory.co.uk), if anyone should want to read it. I particularly love the words ‘Excellence in…
Five-star review of ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’
Another perceptive review of ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’, from a reader who gives it five stars, both on Goodreads and Waterstone’s online. (I’m quoting the beginning below, which, I feel, really…