Story Title: Faithful Wife by Morley Callaghan Collection/Anthology?: Read from the New Yorker archive, issue dated December 28, 1929 (subscription required). Briefly: George is working his final week on the lunch counter at the station restaurant. … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Faithful Wife’ by Morley Callaghan
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Tasting the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2013: Part 1
Wishing to do more around the Edge Hill Short Story Prize than simply report on it, I hit upon the idea of sampling each of the collections on this year's longlist. I do so to not only shine much needed light on an under featured prize, but also to … [Read more...]
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Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2013 longlist
The longlist for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was announced on Friday. In the running this year for the world's richest prize for a short story collection, is a globe-spanning field of seventy five authors. With thirty … [Read more...]
Junot Díaz wins Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2013
Dominican-American writer, Junot Díaz has been chosen as the winner of this year's Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, for his story Miss Lora. Recently a finalist for The Story Prize for the same collection that his winning story is … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘An Escapade’ by Morley Callaghan
Story Title: An Escapade by Morley Callaghan Collection/Anthology?: Read from the New Yorker archive, issue dated November 24 1928 (subscription required). Briefly: Leaving her comfort zone, Mrs. Rose Carey heads to the theatre one snowy Sunday … [Read more...]
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Jon McGregor ‘book booty’ giveaway: And the winners are…
Well folks, the entries are in and the deadline is passed, and it's time to reveal the winners of my giveaway, where two lucky people are going to win a paperback copy of Jon McGregor's latest short story collection, This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That … [Read more...]
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Who’s going to win the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2013?
Well, this year's Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award was announced a little earlier today, and being in the position of having read all of the shortlisted stories I thought I would offer an opinion on who I think is going to win the … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Miss Lora by Junot Díaz
Story Title: Miss Lora by Junot Díaz Collection/Anthology?: This is How You Lose Her (Faber and Faber) | The story can also be read on The New Yorker website. Briefly: Still in mourning for the death of his brother, sixteen-year-old Yunior … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Dig by Cynan Jones
Story Title: The Dig by Cynan Jones Collection/Anthology?: First published in Granta 119: Britain. The story can be read on Granta website (subscription required). Briefly: A son joins his father for his first ever badger dig. … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Evie by Sarah Hall
Story Title: Evie by Sarah Hall Collection/Anthology?: *** Briefly: Out of the blue a wife displays a craving for chocolate and sweet things. Her yearnings quickly deepen, and she gets into something that can only be described as way more … [Read more...]
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