Funnily Enough
A diary by Sophie Neville
Friday, 27 May 2022
Sophie Neville, author of 'Funnily Enough' is short-listed for The Virginia Prize for Fiction 2022
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Launching the 2nd Edition of 'Funnily Enough' by Sophie Neville
In 1991, after collapsing while directing a comedy in London, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue and sent home to my family by the BBC doctor. He told me to keep a dairy.
Twenty-one years later, a self-published version of this true story became a bestseller on Amazon reaching No 1 in Humour on Kindle. It won a literary award, was hailed by the Daily Mail and serialized in iBelieve magazine.
A few year later, Jilly Cooper gave me an endorsement:
'This charming, funny, beautifully illustrated book would make anyone feel better.'
I have recently brought out a 2nd edition with additional illustrations. It makes light, holiday reading.
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Author Sophie Neville has been longlisted for The Virginia Prize for Fiction, 2022
One of Sophie Neville's unpublished historical novels has been longlisted for The Virginia Prize for Fiction with seven other writers. The bi-annual literary competition is open to women of any nationality from any country, so it has been a great honour to be included.
The competition is hosted by the award-winning publisher Aurora Metro Books who list Virginia Woolf along with their other ground-breaking writers such as Germaine Greer, Benjamin Zephaniah, Meera Syal, Sarah Waters, Kit de Waal, Philippa Gregory, AS Byatt, Claire Tomalin, Suchen Christine Lim and Jean-Claude Carriere.
Sunday, 12 December 2021
Sophie Neville has a new novel short-listed in the Eyelands Book Awards 2021
Author Sophie Neville has been short-listed for an Eyelands International Book Award for an unpublished historical novel. The results are out on 30th December, with an awards ceremony to be held in Athens in 2022.
Here is Sophie's profile in their listing, which can be found on the Eyelands website here
Monday, 15 November 2021
The 2nd edition of 'Funnily Enough'
A flower is a flower but it was uncanny how many of the sketches threw light on themes within the book. Sophie was always yearning to travel more widely and explore southern Africa.
She had been falling asleep with the light on, even when she was working in London.
It's all too easy to overlook the important things in life or spend enough time with your family.
The sad thing was that she never realised how seriously she was being courted by eligible young men.
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Write Well: A Handbook for Christian Writers
Friday, 5 March 2021
Family-Talk
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