For over 25 years Aurora Metro has been committed to publishing drama (both historic and contemporary), new fiction (with an emphasis on finding and publishing
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#Vote100 How the Vote Was Won: Touring Exhibition on Art, Theatre and Women’s Suffrage To coincide with the nation-wide commemoration of #Vote100 this year, Aurora Metro Arts and Media Charity
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We place an emphasis on finding exciting new women writers through the Virginia Prize for Fiction, as well a fiction with a strong sense of place and history. Full fiction
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Launched in 2009, the 5th Virginia Prize for Fiction (2017) is now closed for submissions for women fiction writers, writing in English, from around the world. Previous winners…
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Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee, winner of the 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction, is being launched at Richmond Literary Festival on 23 November. ‘Shambala Junction takes hold of you and leads
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[metaslider id=2863] Mary Hamer author of Kipling and Trix will be speaking about the Kipling siblings in Oxted on 15 November. Mary’s historical novel won the 2nd Virignia Prize for Fiction.
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Are you growing a ‘tache for Movember? Looking for inspiration? We’ve published books about some gents with great moustaches! Which is your fave? Like us on facebook or follow us
Read moreRock n Roll Island swoops up FOUR awards!
Wow! What a couple of months for our documentary Rock n Roll Island which captures Eel Pie Island, Twickenham’s extraordinary history through archive footage and interviews with key players, and
Read moreHappy Halloween! – The First Lady of Horror
In his chapter ‘When the Woman Shoots: Ladies Behind the Silent Horror Film Camera’ in Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema K. Charlie Oughton writes about some of the women working
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