Bestselling author Naomi Wood wins 2023 BBC national short story award

The UEA creative writing lecturer won for Comorbidities, which judging chair Reeta Chakrabarti called a ‘sparkling gem’ that tackles serious issues with a ‘light and wry touch’• Read the story belowNaomi Wood has won the 2023 BBC national short story award for Comorbidities, a story about a married couple struggling to maintain their sex life who eventually decide to make a sex tape.The bestselling author and UEA creative writing lecturer was presented with the £15,000 prize at a London ceremony on Tuesday by judging chair and presenter Reeta Chakrabarti, who called Wood’s story a “sparkling gem” written with “a light and wry touch” but which “tackles serious themes”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-09-26 19:00:36 UTC ]

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