Dancing on Canvey: Winner, Fish Short Histories Prize

The year is 1953. A winter storm that will affect the lives of people across four countries is racing down the east coast of England, gaining in ferocity as it moves south. But schoolgirl Gwynnie isn't thinking about the storm. She’s thinking about Johnny Deakin... Inspired by the reminiscences of people from Canvey Island, which was severely impacted by the Great Storm of 1953, Ashfeldt's sensitive portrayal of events that Saturday night makes compulsive reading. First published in the Fish anthology 'A Paper Heart is Beating, A Paper Boat Sets Sail' "I loved Dancing on Canvey. A gem of a tale" Bernard Cornwell