Friday, March 25, 2011

Juliet Stevenson, Ben Miller, Damian Lewis, Harriet Walter, Kulvinder Ghir and Lucy Sheen read the six shortlisted stories at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award hosts four events at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival in April to celebrate the second year of the world’s most valuable short story award.

Festival goers will enjoy SUNDAY BEST, a series of WordTheatre events, where celebrated actors bring to life the six stories competing for the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011.

They can also enjoy hearing from this year’s judges Will Self, Melvyn Bragg and AS Byatt discussing how they reached their decision and debating what makes a good short story.

Event Listings Details

Tuesday 5 April at 8:00pm
Location: Corpus Christi College £15.00

Juliet Stevenson performs The Family Whistle by Man Booker Prize shortlisted writer Gerard Woodward and Kulvinder Ghir reads The Fluourescent Jacket by former city paralegal Roshi Fernando.

To book tickets please visit http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com/ or call the Box office: 0870 343 1001

Wednesday 6 April at 8:00pm
Location: Corpus Christi College £15.00

Lucy Sheen performs The Science of Flight by Yiyun Li and Ben Miller performs East Coast to West Coast by Will Cohu.

To book tickets please visit http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com/ or call the Box office: 0870 343 1001

Thursday 7 April at 8pm
Location: Corpus Christi College £15.00

Damian Lewis reads The Deep by Anthony Doerr and Harriet Walter performs Comma by Man Booker prize winning writer Hilary Mantel.

To book tickets please visit http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com/ or call the Box office: 0870 343 1001

Friday 8 April at 4pm
Location: Corpus Christi College £10.00

Short Fiction: Choosing the Best
AS Byatt, Melvyn Bragg, Daisy Waugh and Andrew Holgate

Chaired by Cathy Galvin, deputy editor of The Sunday Times Magazine and founder of the prize

Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award judges
AS Byatt, Will Self, Melvyn Bragg, Daisy Waugh and Andrew Holgate discuss the shortlist and debate what makes a good short story.

Tickets for any of the events mentioned, please visit http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com/ or call the Box office: 0870 343 1001

The winner of the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011 will be announced at a private event in Oxford on Friday 8 April.

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