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'Some of the biggest names in the literary world have entered their works in the prestigious Edge Hill University's Short Story Prize 2011.' 'The unique accolade, now in its fifth year, is the UK's only literary award that recognises a published collection of short stories and has attracted entries from a number of distinguished writers and newcomers all competing for the winning title.' I'd be one of those newcomers then. Yay! http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2011/03/big-names-revealed-in-edge-hill-short-story-prize Literature Wales ran a story too: Three Welsh Writers longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize Three Welsh Writers on Long List for Prestigious Award Welsh writers  Vanessa Gebbie ,  Susie Wild  and  Martin Bax  are on the long list for the prestigious Edge Hill University's Short Story Prize 2011. The unique accolade, now in its fifth year, is the UK's only literary award that recognises a published collection of short storie...

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TUNE IN TO The Arts Programme on Radio Tircoed 106.5fm Friday 25th March Live @ 11am with music in conversation with the Writer, Poet and Critic Susie Wild ... on the wild side www.radiotircoed.com

FILM INTERVIEW | RICHARD AYOADE BY  SUSIE WILD   ⋅  MARCH 20, 2011  ⋅   POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER    FILM ,  JOE DUNTHORNE ,  RICHARD AYOADE ,  SUBMARINE ,  SWANSEA ,  WARP FILMS Submarine , the film based on Joe Dunthorne’s Swansea coming of age novel of the same name, is out now. Buzz caught up with Writer and Director Richard Ayoade at the Welsh premiere. WORDS: SUSIE WILD With his afro and geek-gangly height Ayoade is instantly recognisable off screen. It is not especially surprising that the 33-year-old got mobbed by fans when filming the school scenes of  Submarine  in Swansea. As a comic actor he has starred in a string of hit TV comedies including  The IT Crowd ,  The Mighty Boosh , and  Nathan Barley . A chance meeting with Warp Films saw him directing music videos for the Artic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Super Furry Animals, Kasabian and Vampire Weekend and then taking on Submarine, his first...

I've put the majority of my archive of blogs from Mslexia, Buzz, Guardian Cardiff, the Bright Young Things, Artrocker and The Raconteur all in one place, i.e. here. I'll try and keep cross posting from now on. Follow me on twitter: @soozerama to ensure you keep completely in the loop. Thanks for reading Susie Q x

Author’s notes: Susie Wild Western Mail Mar 5 2011 0 Share Add a comment Recommend Susie Wild, author Swansea writer and journalist Susie Wild’s first book won Fiction Book of the Year in the Welsh Icons Awards 2010. Her next will be the first Kindle Single from Wales In April my novella Arrivals will be released as an e-book – a Kindle Single to be precise. I will be the first Kindle Single writer from Wales. I’m not sure yet how much of a claim to fame this but my writing will be distributed globally, out there in the e-world, it won’t even be on paper, it’ll be on a screen. Exciting times. I started writing Arrivals while studying for my MA in Creative Writing at Swansea University between 2006 and 2008. It unfolds slowly, revealing a mother and daughter in opposite corners of the planet, London and LA, and both experiencing their own personal revelation. Arrivals started life as my dissertation in longer fiction. Initially it was a struggle to get past the short story le...