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February 20, 2008

Norfolk Shorts

'Hmmm,' said my lovely wife on learning of the Norfolk Shorts shortlist, 'Does that mean you have to wear shorts at the award ceremony?'

Let's hope not, for everyone's sake.

Here is the list of shortlisted books. I see that little albino camel is up against the funniest children's book in the history of the world, that Bad Man Mr Gum. Oh goodie.

The Norfolk Shorts Award is a celebration of SHORT BOOKS (150 pages or less). I love writing short books for three reasons:

1) Novella sounds nicer than novel.
2) My writing style has always been on the lean/chiselled/tonguetied side.
3) You can write a short book in less than a month.

The award ceremony is on 16 April, and due to factors outside of my control (like living in Africa) I'm afraid I'm not going to be there, not even in trousers. But I'll certainly post something about the result, so watch this space.

Posted by sahelsteve at February 20, 2008 04:18 PM