Count Our Blessings
Short stories and poems of identity and hope
Fiona Linday offers us an insightful collection of her short stories and poems – some fact, some fiction, but all powerful narratives of the world we live in. Exploring different cultures, different generations, and highlighting inequality, injustice and pain, Fiona nonetheless manages to steer us all in the direction of hope, purpose and life.
…stories that have to be told.
About the Author
Fiona Linday
Treasurer, Scriptorium
Fiona is treasurer of Scriptorium, an Association of Christian Writers Nottinghamshire affiliated group and also a member of the Society of Authors. She first wrote the young adult novel Get Over It, published by Onwards and Upwards, in 2009. That was read at the Nottingham Arts for Change with Renaissance One. Shortly before came her prize-winning short story, Off the Beaten Track. Then, she won the Unique Writing Publications Short Story Award with some prose non-fiction entitled Love in Spiritual Awakenings, Stories of Praise & Redemption. Afterwards, she published an eBook anthology called The Heavenly Road Trip. Included in the Welcome to Leicester poetry collection with ‘Our Picasso Dish’, she also edited Family Matters, an Anthology of new writing, at Dahlia Publishing. In that 2018/19 Arts Council England supported anthology writing project she collaborated with learners from Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester University.
Several of her stories and poems are included in anthologies.
Events
March 2021
12 & 13 March, 1:45pm – 2:45pm
NAWE Virtual Conference (on Zoom) – An Action Learning Panel Discussion
For more information and to book, click here.
Endorsements and Reviews
Nicki Copeland, Author
I appreciate Fiona’s writing style and the way she deals with important issues.
Nicki Copeland
Author of ‘Losing the Fig Leaf’ and ‘Less than Ordinary?’
Kathleen Bartholomew, Scriptorium Writers
[These are] stories that have to be told. [Fiona tells] them in such a way that they reach out to a young audience. That is [her] talent. We have to take the knocks and rejections. [Fiona has] successes so that’s encouraging.
Kathleen Bartholomew
Chair of Scriptorium Writers
Notts Group (Affiliated to the Association of Christian Writers)
I appreciate Fiona’s writing style and the way she deals with important issues.
In the Media
Faith in My Writing
Author reflections from Fiona Linday When Luke Jeffery prayed about my request for Onwards & Upwards to bring an insightful collection of short stories and poetry together, it was a boost to learn the answer was “Yes!” During lockdown, I needed to release...
Liz Carter and Fiona Linday discuss each other’s books
Liz Carter, has written for ‘More Than Writers’, to discuss the underlying theme of ‘Hope’ found in both Fiona Linday’s book and her own.
Blogger features ‘Count Our Blessings’ as great springtime reading
‘Count Our Blessings’ by Fiona Linday is featured as Sharon’s Hazel’s ‘Something Read’ book, in her latest blog post.
