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Andy Hayes, who attended ‘Writing Short Stories’ in 2011, came up with the idea of gathering abandoned lists, crumpled doodles, binned post-it notes –  scraps of text that would normally be viewed as litter – and using these a prompts for pieces of creative writing. After talking to other members of  writers’ collective 26, the project Throwaway Lines was born.

Now the work has moved into a new, three-dimensional phase. 15 top designers have been brought in to create frames for the scraps that inspired the pieces of writing. The results will be on display from October 29 onwards at the Free the Word Centre in Farringdon.
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To celebrate the publication of her volume of short stories, A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman, Margaret Drabble (pictured left) will be in conversation with the UK’s leading exponent of the form, Helen Simpson (pictured right) on Thursday 26th May, 6.30-8.30pm, at London’s Free The Word Centre. Both authors will read from their work, and discuss the unique qualities of the short story as a form. The event is organized by the Literary Consultancy. Visit the Free the Word website for more details or to book tickets.