Dark fantasy and horror stories, a bookish throwback to 2004, the stuff authors buy, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2024-09-18 21:22:58 UTC ]
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Three debut collections appear on this year’s shortlist for the £10,000 Edge Hill Short Story Prize, which sees an equal balance of male and female writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 11:24:57 UTC ]
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Keep the technology-inspired horror and thrill going with six short stories for fans of BLACK MIRROR--just don't read them on your ereader! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-08 10:35:58 UTC ]
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Picador has bagged a satirical short story collection and novel from US writer Mary South. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 00:40:34 UTC ]
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The quintessentially American author wrote pieces for a Paris newspaper in the 1950s. Now, one of those — about a nervous chef and a magnificent cat — is being published in English for the first time. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-31 09:00:06 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Lim’s “Spin the Dawn” follows a girl who disguises herself as a boy in the hopes of becoming the imperial tailor. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-30 16:00:58 UTC ]
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The 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award shortlist is dominated by Irish authors with former winner and Booker Prize longlistee Kevin Barry and relative newcomers Danielle McLaughlin and Louise Kennedy in the running for the £30,000 prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 11:15:23 UTC ]
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The best Christmas stories This is a somewhat unseasonal post for us, appearing in July as it is. But we’ve recently turned our thoughts towards Christmas literature for a whole host of reasons, so thought we’d offer ten of the greatest short stories about Christmas. These are stories set around […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2019-07-27 14:00:59 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have teamed up with the Northern Short Story Festival for the next Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 08:57:23 UTC ]
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The Crime Writers' Association will continue the Margery Allingham Short Story competition for at least another five years and has plans to rename next year's prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 11:04:19 UTC ]
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Cypriot author Constantia Soteriou has won the £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize with 'Death Customs', marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a translation as the judges choose an all-women line-up of regional winners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 20:13:50 UTC ]
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Imagine being ushered into a vast and palatial room on a sumptuous estate to rival Versailles… and before you, across a golden table, lies a smorgasbord of delights. A banquet fit for a king, a queen, or even an emperor. As you gaze upon this wonder, you’re told you may eat only one meal from […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-02 19:16:57 UTC ]
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Vermilion is launching a its own Life Essentials series in August starting with revamps of five bestsellers featuring "original thinking and life-changing ideas" including How to Win Friends and Influence People and Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 23:08:26 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Orbit has won a three-publisher auction for a new epic fantasy series from author Mike Brooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 21:58:45 UTC ]
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A M Homes, Emma Cline, Toby Litt, Joe Dunthorne and Kevin Barry are among the writers nominated for the £30,000 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 16:06:29 UTC ]
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Read a brand-new story from the award-winning author of Karen Memory, Ancestral Night, and The Red-Stained Wings. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-05-25 11:00:08 UTC ]
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Authors Carys Davies and Kit de Waal will be among the judges for this year’s Sunday Times Short Story Award, which this year is sponsored for the first time by Audible. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize has announced its five regional awards this year have all been won by women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vanessa Onwuemezi has won this year’s £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize for her tale "At the Heart of Things". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The White Review Short Story Prize has unveiled its shortlist following a record year of 570 submissions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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