Hilary Mantel’s next book will be a short story collection about her childhood.

This morning, Publishers Marketplace reported that two-time Booker Prize winner and historical fiction supremo Hilary Mantel has a new short story collection on the horizon. Learning to Talk, which will be released by Holt at some point next year, is billed as “a collection of loosely autobiographical short stories exploring the transformative and haunting moments […] The post Hilary Mantel's next book will be a short story collection about her childhood. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Carroll returns to World War II with story collection

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Myers moves to Bloomsbury for 'exquisite' novel

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