Recently I was very excited to learn that I’ve been shortlisted for the Tarbert Book Festival writing competition for my short story “Breathing Room”. Part of my prize for being shortlisted is free entry to the festival (the other part is a professional critique of my story). I’m looking forward to going up at the end of October to attend the festival and to do a little exploring of Tarbert itself (which is a lovely fishing village on the Kintyre Peninsula, and the gateway to the Inner Hebridean Islands of Islay and Jura).
On the Friday evening there will be a special reception and Festival launch at the Loch Fyne Gallery where the grand prize winner will be announced. Oh, and did I mention that the grand prize is a week’s course at Moniack Mhor? I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed! 🙂
http://www.tarbertbookfestival.org/congratulations/
(Please note that an earlier version of this post stated that Tarbert is in the Hebrides. While there is a Tarbert in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Harris, the Tarbert I’ll be visiting is on Loch Fyne.)
Kendra Olson 
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Congratulations, Kendra! Brilliant news. Tarbert looks lovely – always wanted to go there and only got as far as Portavadie across the water. We are going to try to go to the festival, it depends on a lot of other things, but fingers crossed! And if we do get there, hope we can meet up 🙂
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Thanks, Marianne!And Tarbert does look lovely, doesn’t it? It would be great if you were able to attend the festival too, and fantastic to meet up as well. 🙂
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Whoop! Whoop! Well done!
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Thank you!! 🙂
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