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Introducing: Neal Mason
- 25th September 2017
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Neal Mason is the imaginative short story writer behind one of the most popular stories published on Fairlight Books website – Stocktaking.
Neal was born in Middlesex. After finishing his education in Norfolk he spent most of his life tutoring for the University of Wales, WEA and Fairfield Arts Centre, and travelling. Neal is a fan of works by Lord Byron and Thomas Hardy. Based in Marlborough, he has written many stories, monologues and poetry, and won multiple writing competitions. Neal was awarded a bursary from the Arts Council and spent six months in Welsh Valley as a Writer in Residence. He has published two books of poetry – Excavations and Leading the Guidebook Astray, and advised on the Arts Council’s Grants to Publisher’s Panel.
Neal is an organiser of soundwork-uk.co.uk – a non-profit website that records and produces free audio plays, stories, poems and monologues for online listeners. He was selected for a 5-day masterclass at Hay-on-Wye Festival.
A short Q&A with Neal Mason can be seen below:
Q: If you could travel in the past, which one of the great writers would you like to meet and why?
A: Byron, for his combination of wit and melancholy.
Q: What is the first book you remember reading, or being read to as a child?
A: The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley.
Q: What is the least interesting part of writing for you?
A: Typing.
Q: If you could teleport yourself anywhere, real or fictional, where would it be and why?
A: Classical Athens. So many geniuses and inspirational figures.