Madeline Dyer
Author, editor, and anthologist Madeline Dyer (Being Ace, These Bodies Ain’t Broken, and Being Aro) gives insight into the selection process when it comes to putting together an anthology and how writers can maximise their chances of their short stories being accepted.
Presented by: Bude Literary Festival (Patron: Raynor Winn: 'The Salt Path')| 0 | BUDE: The Parkhouse Centre (Room 2/3) (info) |
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| P | Saturday 17th May, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 4:00pm Start time: 4:30pm |
| . | 14 and over |
| C | Literature |
Event information
Madeline Dyer is a bestselling YA author and Lambda Literary Award Finalist, drawn to dark and twisty stories. She writes to understand strangeness and pain and how these operate around ideas of beauty and monstrosity. She often uses her stories to explore loneliness and isolation, struggles with identity and illness, and the impacts of dysfunctional families.
Her women’s fiction, romances, and “up-lit” (uplifting literature) are published under her pen name of Elin Annalise; these often examine unconventional family dynamics, LGBTQIA+ relationships (with an emphasis on ace rep), and chronic and mental illness in contemporary settings.
Madeline’s academic work focuses around Gothic novels from the nineteenth century to the present day and representations of prehistoric people in literature.
Recent Releases:
Being Ace (mixed-genre YA anthology with ace MCs)- Fall 2023 from Page Street YA
Girl, Vanishing (a girl with psychosis thinks she’s in a dystopian prison) – June 2024
Swans in the Dark (Roseheart Ballet Book 2) – October 2024
Forever is Now (a woman tries to clear her name by standing up to the journalist who made her life hell) – November 2024
Upcoming Releases:
Phantoms Under the Lake (Roseheart Ballet Book 3) – February 2025
Blood of the Phoenix (Spirit of Fire Book 2) – April 2025
The Gold in Your Eyes (Aces in Love Book 4) – July 2025
These Bodies Ain’t Broken (Disabled YA Horror Anthology) – September 2025 from Page Street YA
Unreserved seating.
Duration: 1 hour
Madeline is also doing a creative writing workshop at The Pearl Exchange from 2pm - 3.30pm on Sat 17 May. (Free for Pearl Exchange members. £10 for other participants). Check out the workshop on WeGotTickets.
