Interview of writer Margot Leggett at our 2024 book launch

Stories of Life is more than a writing competition – it is a collaboration of people who want to improve in the craft of storytelling and writing. We are also a family that celebrates one another’s stories. As such, the book launch at the end of each year is a chance to get to know contributors better and interview them for our wider audience.

In November last year, at the launch of our 9th anthology, Talking Trees and other stories of life, Margot Leggett told us a bit about herself and her story ‘Patting a Calf’ that won third prize in the Open category.

The Open category judge Lochy Cupit wrote this about ‘Patting a Calf’: ‘A simple, childlike story that catches you up in the mounting tension and drama of the tale. Then it invites us to see – as we might in the biblical story of Esther – God’s protecting hand shown in the most subtle and everyday things, such as the colour of a jumper’. You can read ‘Patting a Calf’ in our archives, and read more stories like it in Talking Trees and other stories of life.