CLARE REDDAWAY

Clare writes scripts for theatre and radio as well as the short stories she performs with Heads & Tales. She also writes fiction for children.  She set up and runs 'Right to Write', creative writing workshops with homeless men and women in Bath, and refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol.

She has recently collaborated with director Cassiano Prado on an adaption of her story Swimming Away. The resulting short film is about to go into production. Swimming Away can be read at www.eastoftheweb.com. She is currently working on a script to be performed by students at Prior Park School in Summer 2011.

Last year, her play Very Shirley Valentine was recorded by the Radio Theatre Group and Wedding Dress was shortlisted for the Pint Sized Plays competition, her second play to be shortlisted for this competition. A number of her short stage plays have been performed by WriteOn in Cambridge. Download and listen to her audio play Laying Ghosts at The Wireless Theatre Company. 

You can read more of her stories in 100 Stories For Haiti (Bridge House and Smashwords.com, 2010), Ada and More Nano-Fiction (Leaf Books, 2009), Spooked (Bridge House, 2009) and A Suitcase Full of Stories (Bridge House, 2009). Her story Get Fit, Get Thin, Get Laid recently won third prize in The Yellow Book short story competition and will be published in their magazine later this year. The Queen of Sheba’s Feet received a special commendation in the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award, 2009.

Read her book reviews at www.incwriters.co.uk. Catch her occasional articles on local history in The Bath Magazine.