Robin Sloan, the author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, discusses his new short story for The Atlantic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2020-05-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
As quarantine continues, we’re all noticing that we respond to lockdown differently. While many spend each day providing care, food and other necessities, those of us privileged enough to be 'stuck at home' are seeing our friends’ and family members’ behaviour change under the new... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-17 15:42:05 UTC ]
The author’s latest comic book endeavor adapts a short story, “The Sacrifice of Darkness,” from her 2017 collection “Difficult Women.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-01-24 18:30:05 UTC ]
William Seymour has won The Future AudioBook Originals competition with his short story "Interviewing". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 17:32:18 UTC ]
Read a brand-new story from the award-winning author of Karen Memory, Ancestral Night, and The Red-Stained Wings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-05-25 11:00:08 UTC ]
The hunt is on for up-and-coming writers who could scoop this year’s £1,000 Guardian/Fourth Estate prize A Chinese villager with no arms becomes a Paralympian swimming champion; a dapper elderly Jamaican spends New Year’s Eve in a south London police cell under suspicion of domestic abuse; a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guy Ware's short story "the year of peace" has been crowned the winner of 2018's London Short Story Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK will this Christmas publish a short story about a snow dragon by Abi Elphinstone in picture book format, with illustrations by Fiona Woodcock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the titles that caught the eye in Hollywood this week are a short story by father-son duo Stephen King and Joe Hill, an Ireland-set detective story that PW recently starred, and a novel about a mixed martial arts fighter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moomin Characters Ltd has raised £268,000 for Oxfam through sales of a special edition of The Invisible Child, a short story from the Tales from Moominvalley collection. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
With soaring sales, viral hits like Cat Person and a cameo by Tom Hanks, the form seems to be staging a comeback. But did it ever go away?In 2017, almost 50% more short story collections were sold than in the previous year. It was the best year for short stories since 2010. Booksellers are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A short story about an awkward, troubling sexual encounter has gone viral, drawing a "record-breaking" number of online views. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily Ford has won the £1,000 RSL VS Pritchett Short Story Prize 2017 for her short story "The Hikers". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxfam and Moomin Characters Ltd are launching a campaign around short story "The Invisible Child", by Moomin creator Tove Jansson, to help women and girls around the world to fight inequality and escape poverty. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Birkbeck, University of London has launched a new literary anthology to celebrate the "versatility and power" of the short story. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sudanese writer Bushra al-Fadil has won the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing for a short story which explores freedom. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audible is giving away a short story by Philip Pullman to help London commuters deal with the Southern and TfL strikes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
As recently as six years ago, when the Library of America released a collection of Shirley Jackson’s writings, her legacy was uncertain. “Shirley Jackson?” Newsweek critic Malcolm Jones wrote. “A writer mostly famous for one short story, ‘The Lottery.’ Is LOA about to jump the shark?” True, no... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
What began as a short story and an academic endeavor was easily transformed into the opening chapter of Emily Fridlund's first novel, "The History of Wolves," told from the point of view of a 14-year-old named Linda. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ah, fond memories of Jackie magazine in the Guardian (‘Girls sent us urine samples in Charlie perfume bottles’, G2, 22 March). Jackie was where I (and dozens of other writers) learned the writing trade. I sold my first short story to Jackie in December 1973 and earned £14. Flushed with success,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]