LATEST NEWS:

• Worthing WOW awarded me 2nd prize (and £75!) for my Covid-themed story: The Big Shop.  Worthing Herald Online reproduced the three winning stories . Click here to read them.
• ingénue magazine issue for Autumn 2019 (pages 70-71) had a short story collection review special.  Of the 4 short story collections reviewed I had short stories in 3 of them, including my own collection: News of Leon.  The reviewer wrote:

“The mark of a good author is their capacity to set scene and mood with economy…the timing immaculate and the choice of words perfect.  Julia Macfarlane  has that down to a tee.“

Read the full review here.  

ingénue also wrote  lovely reviews for the other 2 books:  Meet The Winners and A Feast of Christmas Stories.  Both are available on Amazon.

• Check out this 2 minute video of me on YouTube,  promoting my public speaking possibilities – and ignore the cut where I fluffed my lines – doh!

• I run Bognor Regis Write Club –  which meets once a month, to share our latest work.

Personally, I’ve been writing fiction and poetry since forever, sometimes just in my head, sometimes actually writing it down.  I’ve had bits published, been shortlisted in a few competitions – once earned £50 for a poem! Does it count if it was for completing a limerick in a Smarties competition?

• Want to read one of my latest stories for free?  It was on the Stories For The Train website, now sadly no more,  takes 6 minutes to read and might even make you laugh: Orchid Delirium

• In the past few years I have produced several other books: the Write Club’s  anthologies:  The View From Here and A Blast On The Waverley’s Whistle; Chichester Ghost Tour, a self-guided pub crawl; and my first collection of my own short stories: NEWS OF LEON & OTHER TALES – all available on Amazon as ebooks and paperbacks.  Please visit My Books And Other Publications for more information.

• I am also Programme Co-ordinator for Bognor Regis & District Ramblers  – and take a keen interest in nature – everything, flowers, trees, fungi, small furry animals and creepy crawlies.  Like to name them, like to know about them.