Orgreave revisited

Published on May 8, 2017 by Martyn. Be the first to comment!

As a former fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, I was recently invited to contribute an essay to the RLF’s website about the way in which the germ of an idea can evolve into piece of fiction.
I chose to reflect on the process by which I conceived, researched and wrote my latest short story, “Withen”, which is centred on the Battle of Orgreave, during the 1984-85 miners’ strike. The story is being anthologised by Comma Press in Protest! Stories of Resistance, to be published later this month. In the meantime, if you’d like to read my essay on the story’s genesis – and how it all began more than thirty years ago . . . in Hong Kong! – please click on this link to the RLF website.

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