Star guest
We're delighted to welcome Stella Duffy, a wonderful writer and terrific performer with a big following among Stanza types.
Stella has written eleven novels (including the Saz Martin mysteries), over thirty short stories, eight plays, and many feature articles and reviews. With Lauren Henderson she co-edited the anthology Tart Noir from which her story Martha Grace won the CWA Short Story Dagger Award. She is also a theatre performer and director.
Her latest novel The Room of Lost Things, longlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize, was published by Virago in March. Her new play A Guest on Other People's Ground is touring with Fireraisers this autumn.
Stella has recently completed filming a BBC4 documentary that she's presenting on the 100th anniversary of Mills and Boon, to be broadcast later this summer.
The Room of Lost Things
Under his railway arch in Loughborough Junction, Robert Sutton is taking leave of a lifetime of hard work. His dry-cleaning shop lies at the heart of a lively community, a fixed point in a changing world. And, as he explains to his successor, young east londoner Akeel, it is also the resting place for the contents of his customers' pockets and for their secrets and lies.
'A warm, wise take on a tough, unloved part of the capital' - DIVA
Stella Duffy: www.stelladuffy.co.uk
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