...then please make sure it's one from the Bloomsbury 'Year of the Short Story' Sampler (provided you haven't read it already of course), created to give a taste of each of the five collections that Bloomsbury are publishing during the first five … [Read more...]
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Costa Book Awards get ‘shorted’. A cause for celebration?
So, the headline news at the Costa Book Awards ceremony in London last night may have been the (deserved) victory of Andrew Miller who took the title of Costa Book of the Year with his novel Pure (Sceptre), but the bigger news for me - and every … [Read more...]
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Bloomsbury embrace ‘year of the short story’
Bloomsbury UK are buying in massively to the fact that 2012 is 'the year of the short story' by publishing a series of five major story collections over the coming months. Heading the list is a new collection from short story specialist, Jon McGregor … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘The Kitchen at the Lion’ by Laura Windley
Story Title: 'The Kitchen at the Lion' by Laura Windley Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 9th January 2012 Briefly: An apocalyptic event has occurred. The narrator and her friend … [Read more...]
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Reading the short story: my most valuable tip
I used to adhere to a strict rule when reading short fiction - never read more than one or two stories in a single day. This was a rule I stuck doggedly to, because I felt that reading any more than this would cause everything to meld in the mind; … [Read more...]
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2011 BBC National Short Story Award shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2011 BBC National Short Story Award was announced earlier this evening, on Radio 4’s Front Row programme. Standing as one of the most prestigious prizes awarded for a single short story published by a UK author, this year's … [Read more...]
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‘My Girl’ by Emily Bullock
Story Title: 'My Girl' by Emily Bullock Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 8th September 2011 Briefly: Two determined boxers duke it out in the ring. The punches come hard and the … [Read more...]
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‘Space Fright’ by Tania Hershman
Title: 'Space Fright' by Tania Hershman Collection/Anthology?: The White Road and Other Stories (Salt Publishing) Date Read: 7th September 2011 Briefly: Bill's space date doesn't get off to a very good start when he fails to engage the gravity … [Read more...]
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‘Summer Voices’ by John Banville
Story Title: 'Summer Voices' by John Banville. Collection/Anthology?: The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story (Granta Books) Date Read: 7th September 2011 Briefly: Telling her auntie that she's going away for a swim, a young girl with bullied … [Read more...]
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Forethoughts: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Vol. 4
There are certain titles that need little introduction on RobAroundBooks, and the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology is one of them. If you're a regular then you'll know that I rate this anthology very highly, and so with the arrival of BSSP Volume … [Read more...]
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