Sue Turbett

It was such a huge privilege to be invited to the Award Evening as one of three finalists in the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition 2026 To have my story chosen from the hundreds of entries by Dame Margaret Drabble, was a massive honour. To meet her, and chat at length, was truly memorable. My story, Sweet Peas, was read beautifully by actress Sophie Morris-Sheppard who didn't just read it, she performed it in a way that has made me re-think how I write for the voice. I am

When I found out I had been chosen for a writing residency at the prestigious Tyrone Guthrie Centre, I squealed with delight. Located at...

I have to admit that despite years of working in BBC Radio 4, and conducting hundreds of interviews myself, when it came to being the...

In a test of my nascent marketing skills I challenged myself to get a newspaper article printed. I contacted my local paper and sent them...

I found writing my book was a deeply personal and solitary journey. Hours and hours and hours of sitting alone, living out the plot in my...

What's it like to take part in a Literary Festival as a debut author? Daunting, would be the first word that comes to mind, particularly...

A couple of months ago, ‘Book’ in Leighton Buzzard, a beautiful, small, independent bookshop invited me to join their monthly Thursday...

In the spring of 2020, about 18 months after I started writing my first novel, I thought I had pretty much finished. How embarrassing eh?...