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Anna Readman Wins the Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize – Looking Back on the Work of Our 2019 BF ‘Six to Watch’ Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2023

Some welcome news over the weekend with the announcement that Anna Readman is the winner of the 2023 Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize. We first put a spotlight on Anna’s…

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Much-Featured Broken Frontier Favourites Rebecca K. Jones and Ed Firth Are Winner and Joint Runner-Up in this Year’s Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2022

The annual Observer/Faber (formerly the Observer/Cape/Comica) graphic short story competition has given nods in the direction of a number of creators deservedly much-featured at Broken Frontier in recent years, including…

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