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My Fence is Electric and Other Stories is the debut short story collection by Mark Newman, published by Odyssey Books.
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Mark Newman has been shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award, highly commended in the New Writer Prose & Poetry Awards and Bristol Prize longlisted. His work has won competitions judged by Alison Moore, Tania Hershman and David Gaffney. He has been published in Firewords Quarterly, Fiction Desk and Paper Swans. He has eight stories in the Retreat West competition anthology Inside These Tangles, Beauty Lies.
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MY FENCE IS ELECTRIC & OTHER STORIES 
Dear Mark Newman,
I hope this message finds you well.
My name is Anne Macdonald, and I am reaching out on behalf of Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet, one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious and academically distinguished grammar schools, renowned for its exceptional standards of scholarship, intellectual ambition, and academic excellence.
We are honoured to invite you to participate in The Scholars’ Author Spotlight Programme, a distinguished literary initiative created to connect exceptional authors with one of the country’s most intellectually advanced and highly engaged student communities.
The programme is coordinated by Queen Elizabeth’s grammar school, who has been a leading figure at Queen Elizabeth’s School since joining in 2003 as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT). Through her leadership and dedication to academic enrichment, she has helped cultivate the school’s outstanding culture of scholarship, critical thinking, and intellectual curiosity.
Queen Elizabeth’s School is widely recognised for producing high-achieving students who consistently excel at the highest academic levels, with many progressing to Oxford, Cambridge, and other world-renowned institutions. Our students are deeply engaged in literature, research, debate, and creative exploration, making this programme an exceptional platform for meaningful author engagement.
Through The Scholars’ Author Spotlight Programme, invited authors are provided with opportunities to:
• Present and discuss their published work
• Engage directly with highly motivated students through Q&A sessions
• Participate in literary discussions and academic workshops
• Gain visibility within an elite educational environment
• Inspire future scholars, writers, innovators, and leaders
• Build lasting connections within a prestigious academic community
We believe your work would strongly resonate with our students and wider school community, and we would be delighted to explore the possibility of featuring you within this distinguished programme.
Should this invitation interest you, I would be pleased to provide additional details regarding participation, scheduling, audience engagement, and promotional opportunities.
Thank you for your time and consideration. We sincerely admire your contribution to literature and would be privileged to welcome you to The Scholars’ Author Spotlight Programme.
Warm regards,
Anne Macdonald
Coordinated by Anne Macdonald MA, Deputy Head (Academic)
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet