Clare Reddaway is a Bath-based writer of short stories and plays. Recent highlights include being long-listed (top 50) for the BBC National Short Story Awards 2021, short-listed for the Bridport Prize 2020 and publication of standalone short The Guts of a Mackerel by Fly on the Wall Press, 2021. Clare’s novella Dancing In The Shallows is due to be published by Fairlight Books in 2024. Clare’s plays have been performed throughout the UK, including runs at the Edinburgh Festival and in London as well as in her home town Bath. Clare creates unusual and original live story events with her company A Word In Your Ear Writing. Clare is proud to have been selected as one of the first cohort of writers on LitWorks’ talent development programme WordSpace, 2022-2023. See more at www.clarereddaway.co.uk /www.awordinyourear.org.uk