From left: Moniack Mhor’s Richmond Clements with short story short-listed writers: Simon Cowdroy from Melbourne, Australia, Sue Stubbs, Mary Easson, winner Sylvia Hehir, and Kate Donne. Missing is Nova Scotia author Mike Hunter.
‘Oban the Perfect Destination’ is the title of Strontian writer Sylvia Hehir’s short story which beat more than 60 others to win at Tarbert Book Festival.
Before collecting her prize of a residential week at Scotland’s creative writing centre, Moniack Mhor, Ms Hehir had the daunting task of reading her story to an audience which included BBC travel presenter Paul Murton.