Our first ever Writer-in-Residence, Davey Spens, is spending next six
months based in Costa stores in London, whilst completing his first novel and
creating a series of short stories entitled Frothy Tales, which we'll
be publishing here weekly. To read the full press release, click
here.
Frothy Tales are quirky fictional observations on the Costa
customers that he encounters whilst writing in Costa outlets across London.
Click on the titles below to read each download.
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Frothy Tales Issue 1
Download
Issue 1
Frothy Tales Issue 2
Download
Issue 2
Frothy Tales Issue 3 - Save our Bacon and The
Critic
Save
our Bacon part one.
Part
two
The Critic
part
one.
Part
two
*** NEW Frothy
Tales Issue 4 ***
Dubai Airport part
one
Dubai
Airport part two
About the
Writer-in-Residence
Davey was born in Winchester in 1980 and went to school in Southampton. He
read Sociology and Theology at Durham University and wrote and produced two
radio shows for the local radio station. After graduating, he anchored a station
in Johannesburg for nine months before deciding he was sick of waking up to his
own voice mispronouncing Zulu. He spent a year at Falmouth Arts College studying
for a Broadcast TV Postgraduate, passed with a distinction, and his short film
Shadowboxer was selected for the London Film Festival. In 2004 he joined AMV
BBDO, the UK's largest advertising agency, where he was based for four years,
creating award-winning campaigns for Pepsico and the National Lottery, amongst
many others. In 2007 he was named one of Marketing Week's Rising Stars. He was
commissioned to write an original screenplay for a Los Angeles film company, and
is currently completing his first novel with a grant from the Arts Council. In
March he was appointed the first Costa Writer in Residence. Davey lives and
works in London and is represented by Jonathan Conway for Mulcahy and Viney. He
has a website at www.daveyspens.com.