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Kit De Waal, Anne Enright, Mark Haddon, Tessa Hadley, Cynan Jones, Penelope Lively, Alison MacLeod, Jon McGregor, Gwendoline Riley, Olive Senior, Nikesh Shukla, David Szalay, Joanna Trollope, Marina Warner, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, David Constantine, Megan Hunter, Salena Godden, Dorian Lynskey, Neel Mukherjee, Anthony Joseph, Helen Klonaris, Nicholas Laughlin, Jessie Greengrass, Julianne Pachico, Anne Enright, Eve Best, Sarah Churchwell, Liz Allard, K J Orr
Penelope Lively - Photo by Clara Molden - @017 Small Wonder - Charleston Bede's Lifetime Award 2017

CHARLESTON - BEDE’S LIFETIME AWARD 2017

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Penelope Lively
Photo of Helen Klonaris - Small Wonder 2017 International Writer in Residence

INTERNATIONAL WRITER IN RESIDENCE

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Helen Klonaris
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Festival news and highlights

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Small Wonder - STORIES OF BRITISHNESS, image from event to be held on 29 September 201729 Sep
STORIES OF BRITISHNESS with Nikesh Shukla, Salena Godden

What stories do we tell ourselves, our family, officials and monitoring forms, about who we are More

Small Wonder - WELCOME TO THE CARIBBEAN, image from event to be held on 30 September 201730 Sep
WELCOME TO THE CARIBBEAN with Olive Senior, Anthony Joseph, Helen Klonaris

New Short Fiction and Poetry from Island Nations In this special event we are thrilled to More

Small Wonder - THE SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD, image from event to be held on 01 October 201701 Oct
THE SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD with Anne Enright, Neel Mukherjee

The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the world’s richest prize for a single story, is More

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