Showcase

The Literary Consultancy is excited to be working on an innovative showcase for its writing talent, initially in association with Staple Magazine. See TLC Showcase Introduction for more on the inception of the Showcase and please see below for where it is now.

Once a month we will highlight the work of one author whose work we believe deserves a platform, whether simply because our readers felt it worth championing, or whether we have helped the writer on to commercial publication.

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Dona Ursu

“During those first days alone with my mother, I felt cocooned. We would take our coffee at Chez Schumann, the little terrace across the street, even when it rained, which it did almost every day.

My mother relished the flaky croissants, leaving a trail of crumbs on her blouse that I gently brushed away. But she kept dressing for the wrong season — scarf-less and umbrella-free, with little more than a light coat, even in mid-January.”

From Replay/Rewind – included in the showcase

“I came to TLC with the manuscript of a novel and a childhood dream of becoming a writer. The Chapter and Verse mentoring programme became my home for the next year and I had the wonderful privilege of having Rose Billington as my mentor. With patience, kindness and immense skill, she taught me how to look at my prose in a different way. Rose’s feedback, like good wine, only got better the longer I sat with it. So profound was its influence on me that, over the span of the programme, I decided to write another book altogether. Replay/Rewind is that book.” From the Introduction

Previous Showcase Authors

San Cassimally – TLC Showcase author

San Cassimally

“I experimented with two pebbles in my mouth to puff my cheeks up a tad, but gave up on the idea suspecting that to an observant eye such as his

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Nicholas Lim – TLC Showcase author

Nicholas Lim

Dudec nodded. He fluttered a hand. “This could be something new!” “Rafal, when you hear hoof beats,” Garrett held up her knife like a warning finger, “Think horses before zebras.”

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Suhel Ahmed – TLC Showcase author

Suhel Ahmed

“‘That’s when I made the mistake,’ Amina exclaimed. ‘I should have taken the money and moved to a Bengali community, somewhere in Tower Hamlets, Coventry, Luton or Leicester. It’s so

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Terry Cudbird – TLC Showcase author

Terry Cudbird

“I have now reached the age when I have to choose between sex and walking. I cannot indulge in both,” he told me. He was whimsical on the subject of

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