Bangladeshi Shabnam Nadiya's Short Story in "Torrevieja: Another Look"

22 February 2010
Bangladeshi Shabnam Nadiya's Short Story in "Torrevieja: Another Look"
With the presence of the Councillor of Culture, Eduardo Dolan, the representative of the website www.torrevieja.com, Alexis Lapez, and three of the winning authors, the second international edition of the anthology of short stories in English, "Torrevieja: Another Look," was launched last 24th of May at the Palace of the Music, a compilation book with the best short stories as well as 25 other stories selected by the jury.

Shabnam Nadiya from Bangladesh and Syvia Tefler from Bristol could not attend to the event but the organization announced that a book and a commemorative plaque will be sent to them.

The Councillor of Culture, Eduardo Dolan, remarked the rise in entries in this second edition which has definitely helped to consolidate this International Short Story Writing in English. Alexis Lapez, marketing manager of the website www.torrevieja.com gave some grateful words to the participant public emphasizing the literary enrichment of a book written in English where a large variety of different images and spots from the settled foreigners residents in Torrevieja are shown.

All in all 31 stories of which 6 are the winning selected stories and 25 other stories selected by the jury for their quality.
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