Category: 2019
2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners
At the annual Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of Sunday 24th November at The Grand on The Leas, Folkestone, the organisers of the HG Wells Short Story Competition were delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 competition. The Winner of the Junior £1,000 Turnill Prize is Krystal Song for “Da Capo”. The winner of…
About Silé Edwards
After a lifetime of being obsessed with stories and writing I graduated from Goldsmiths University with a BA in English and Creative Writing. During my degree, I explored careers in publishing through a series of placements and internships across the industry. After a brief stint at the Publishers Association working across their campaigns and other…
Folkestone Book Festival Programme 2019: The Shape of Things to Come
The Folkestone Book Festival: The Shape of Things to Come brochure has landed! Inspired by the ideas of Sandgate resident, H G Wells, this year’s Festival presents one-off events stretching into the wild Romney Marsh, Victorian Tin Tabernacle, 12th century church and seaside fish and chip shop! This year’s line-up includes Booker Prize-winning author, Ben…
2019 Awards Ceremony Programme
Programme for the Awards Ceremony – Sunday 24th November 2018 at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone Master of Ceremonies: Charles Bain Smith (Chair of Judges) 12.00 Arrival and welcome to Awards Ceremony in the Drawing Room Welcome drink / tea or coffee 1230 Opening remarks by Charles Bain Smith Talk by Silé Edwards of Curtis Brown (Norah Brown has…
2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Shortlists
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2019. We have received a high level of entries this year of excellent quality from talented writers across the world! The judges have selected the following stories for the 2019 shortlists (listed below in alphabetical order). Shortlist for…
Folkestone Book Festival 2019 – The Shape of Things to Come: Think Folkestone, Think Future
Inspired by the H G Wells quote: Adapt or perish, now as ever, in nature’s inexorable imperative, The Shape of Things to Come: Think Folkestone, Think Future introduces a theme of programming entitled climate change and the environment – futures. Physicist and oceanographer, Helen Czerski join us on Saturday 23 November to discuss the urgency…
Time Flies…
It’s now seven days since the deadline for submission of stories for the 2019 short story competition and the judges are hard at work reading your stories. We look forward to sharing the results with you on 21 September when our shortlists will be announced. Watch this space! Thank you to all the hundreds of…
Writing with the Senses
On Saturday 1st June 2019, H G Wells Short Story Competition held a writing workshop entitled “Writing with the Senses”, run by Karen Ince. It was a highly experiential event, exploring the use of three senses – smell, hearing and touch – and the ways they can be used to enrich descriptions in text.
Norah Perkins to Present 2019 HG Wells Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Norah Perkins will again be our special guest to present prizes and short-list certificates at our annual awards ceremony on the 24th November at the Grand Hotel in Folkestone. Norah is an agent at Curtis Brown and represents clients across modern classics, British crime and true-life adventures, including a small…
H G Wells: Nostalgia for the Future?
Friends of Folkestone Museum present H G Wells: Nostalgia for the Future? A talk by Paul Allen Sat 15thJune,2pm till 3.45pm Paul Allen of the H G Wells Society will explore the tension between the thoughts in Wells’ futuristic work and his nostalgia and love for rural England expressed in his autobiography, social novels and…
