Three Spotlight Books by NB Magazine
Spotlight Books is a collaboration between New Writing South, Creative Future and Myriad Editions. Under this collaborative title, 3 stand along short stories were published. Kirsty Hewitt reviews them now for NB magazine.
Hugely different in style but all three offering glimpses into the lives of characters trying desperately to make sense of their own, unique realities.
Read Kirsty’s 4/4 star review HERE.
Books That Matter: Books and Treats Package 2020
Sold out in 30 minutes! Thank you to everyone who bought the latest Books That Matter gift box, which included To The Volcano by Elleke Boehmer and Cora Vincent by Georgina Aboud, along with treats from Bird and Blend, Kookie Cat Cookies and Candy Kittens. Did you manage to order your box in time?
Thank you to Lizzy Dening, Clare Burgess, Simply Steph 101, Siobhan Kangataran, Amy Parsnips and Holly & her Hardbacks on Instagram for featuring the box – we hope you’re now firm fans of both books and look forward to hearing your reviews.
Must-Reads with Sussex Life magazine
The Haunting of Strawberry Water by Tara Gould and Cora Vincent by Georgina Aboud from the Spotlight Books series were both chosen as must-reads by Sussex Life magazine.
‘Of the first six books, five are by Sussex-based authors. Tara Gould is one, with a beautifully-written tale of a motherless girl growing up to become a mother struggling against her destiny. Hove resident Georgina Aboud’s story is very different: a disjointed account of scenes and events in an actress’ life as she prepares to return to the stage. Judging by these excellent little books, Spotlight Books deserves success.’
Special Mentions in the 2020 Saboteur Awards
We’re so pleased to announce that several Myriad authors received special mentions for the 2020 Saboteur Awards, including Elaine Chiew for The Heartsick Disapora and our Spotlight Authors Ana Tewson-Bozic, Elizabeth Ridout, Georgina Aboud, Jacqueline Haskell, Tara Gould and Sarah Windebank for the Spotlight Books series. Tara received a second mention for her novella, The Haunting of Strawberry Water.
You can review the entire shortlist here.
Georgina Aboud on writing for New Writing South
‘I wonder what gets a person up in the morning, what propels a person forward despite it all, the microseconds on which entire lives can be built and shaped, how history is made up of us. Script doctors ask what is the motivation of that character, but what is the motivation of any of us? Aren’t we just staggering around in the dark and in the light? For me, writing is just an exploratory mechanism which allows me to sink my feet into borrowed shoes and think about life in lands that I want to walk through; to smell their earth, and watch their cities drift into daybreak. Writing allows me to stretch inside and pretend I can understand what’s going on because, really, we can never reach the bedrock of anyone, there are too many facets and variables and situations we haven’t yet found ourselves in, may never find ourselves in, to truly know who we are or what we could become.’
Georgina Aboud, author of Cora Vincent, pensively looks at writing and its uses for New Writing South. Read her piece in full HERE.
VIVA Brighton on the Spotlight series
‘The series is dazzling. Such small books, making such noise… These collections have been sending ripples through the local literary scene.’
VIVA Brighton showcased the Spotlight series in their March 2020 issue. Read the full review by columnist Anna Burtt.