My novella, set in divided Berlin in the 1960s, is now available on Kindle at £2.99.
Sybilla won the inaugural National Flash Fiction Day Novella-in-Flash competition this year and is also available to buy from their website.
Updated: Nov 11, 2022
It is always a thrill to see your book in the shops. Here is Instructions for the Working Day in Waterstones, alongside new hardback releases in this gorgeous front-facing display, which was a fabulous surprise.
Another wonderful piece of news: it is now available as an audio book read beautifully by the divine John Sackville.
Instructions has also received some hugely gratifying reviews. As an example, it was shortlisted for The Independent's Book of the Month in August. Martin Chilton said: 'Instructions for the Working Day, a clever reflection on the ramifications of the Stasi era in East Germany, is an elegant, chilling reminder of what happens when people set out to deliberately disintegrate another person's spirit.'
I painted another scene from Marschwald, the setting for the book, by way of celebration.
I'm thrilled that my watercolour painting is a finalist with the Broadway Arts Festival 2022 competition. I didn't expect this at all. I'm looking forward to the exhibition in October when the work of all the finalists will be on show.
Inspiration for Winter Heron came when I was writing Instructions For The Working Day, which features a brutal sweep of marshland and the cry of a lone heron. Although the book is not set in winter, it felt right for this lonely, yet clear-sighted and optimistic painting.
