Nicholas Royle

Read ‘The Lure’ FREE!

nicholasroyle — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:46:32 +0000

Solaris have kindly made my BFS-shortlisted story ‘The Lure’ available as a free download. http://solaris-editors-blog.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-pdf-nicholas-royles-lure.html

The Lure

nicholasroyle — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:51:11 +0000

Nicholas Royle’s short story ‘The Lure’, published in The End of the Line (Solaris) edited by Jonathan Oliver, has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.

nicholas — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:44:00 +0000

From 7-9pm on Wednesday 10 December, Nicholas Royle will be reading at Didsbury Library, south Manchester, with Conrad Williams and Tom Fletcher. Entrance is free.

nicholas — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:48:00 +0000

Nicholas Royle will be reading his story ‘Full on Night’ at the launch of Ambit 194 at Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town, north London from 6-8.30pm, Wednesday 23 October. Free entry, wine etc.

nicholas — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Nicholas Royle reviews Sam Taylor’s second novel, The Amnesiac (Faber), in the Independent today.

nicholas — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:38:00 +0000

This Friday 27 April there will be a series of readings from The Flash (Social Disease) edited by Peter Wild. The readings, part of a special Tales of the Decongested event, will take place at Foyle’s, Charing Cross Road, London, kicking off at 7pm. Conrad Williams, Rhonda Carrier, Peter Wild, Shiromi Pinto, Andrew Holmes, Nick Johnstone and Nicholas Royle will all read. Proceeds from the book go to Amnesty International.

nicholas — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:17:00 +0000

On Tuesday 13 March, there will be an evening of Decadence & Noir at Waterstone’s Deansgate store in Manchester. Andy Oakes and Nicholas Royle will read from The Decadent Handbook published by Dedalus. The event runs from 7-9pm, tickets cost £3, which is redeemable against book purchase. Refreshments will be served. Further details on 0161 839 1248.

nicholas — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:09:00 +0000

Part of the Original Modern Stories strand of the Manchester Literature Festival, Nicholas Royle’s short story ‘Gannets’ will be read and recorded at the Godlee Observatory on Friday 13 October, in front of a small audience, then broadcast on Radio 4 the following Thursday, 19 October, at 3.30pm. The other writers commissioned to contribute to the Original Modern Stories strand are Jackie Kay, Amanda Dalton, Sophie Hannah and Rajeev Balasubramanyam.

nicholas — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:23:00 +0000

Nicholas Royle’s short story collection, Mortality (Serpent’s Tail), will be launched as part of the Manchester Literature Festival on Tuesday 17 October at Matt & Phred’s jazz club in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The event is free and starts at 7pm, continuing until 9pm, at which point the club opens its doors to its regular punters who will come to see the Matt Nickson Trio play live. Festival-goers are welcome to stay for the jazz.

nicholas — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:09:00 +0000

Nicholas Royle’s debut short story collection, Mortality, will be published by Serpent’s Tail in October. There will be a launch event scheduled as part of the inaugural Manchester Literature Festival.