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Author : Tangent Publishing
Publisher : 12
ISBN 13 : 9781910089880
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (898 download)
Download or read book Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology written by Tangent Publishing and published by 12. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mahsuda Snaith
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473543061
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Things We Thought We Knew written by Mahsuda Snaith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, two girls’ lives changed forever. Now one of them is ready to tell their story. *** 'A quirky lovable mystery and a brilliant, heartbreaking debut' Stylist 'A new face of fiction [and] an original coming of age novel' Observer *** The first memory I have of you is all knickers and legs. You had flipped yourself into a handstand and couldn’t get back down. We became best friends, racing slugs, pretending to be spies – all the things that children do. Ten years later, eighteen-year-old Ravine Roy spends every day in her room. Completing crosswords and scribbling in her journal, she keeps the outside world exactly where she wants it; outside. But as the real world begins to invade her carefully controlled space, she is forced to finally confront the questions she’s been avoiding. Who is her mother meeting in secret? Who has moved in next door? And why, all those years ago, when two girls pulled on their raincoats and wellies and headed out into the woods did only one of them return? ‘A breakout book from an incredibly talented debut writer. Read, weep and laugh’ Stylist ‘An original heartfelt read by a new British talent’ Independent ‘A delightfully fresh voice’ Daily Mail
Author : Jessica Brody
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481499238
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book The Geography of Lost Things written by Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson, a teen girl discovers the value of ordinary objects while learning to forgive her absent father. A lot can happen on the road from lost to found… Ali Collins doesn’t have room in her life for clutter or complications. So when her estranged father passes away and leaves her his only prized possession—a 1968 Firebird convertible—Ali knows she won’t keep it. Not when it reminds her too much of all her father’s unfulfilled promises. And especially not when a buyer three hundred miles up the Pacific coast is offering enough money for the car to save her childhood home from foreclosure. There’s only one problem, though. Ali has no idea how to drive a stick shift. But her ex-boyfriend, Nico, does. The road trip gets off to a horrible start, filled with unexpected detours, roadblocks, and all the uncomfortable tension that comes with being trapped in a car with your ex. But when Nico starts collecting items from the quirky strangers they meet along the way, Ali starts to sense that these objects aren’t random. Somehow they seem to be leading her to an unknown truth about her father. A truth that will finally prove to Ali that some things—even broken things—are worth saving.
Author : Tehila Lieberman
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574414666
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Venus in the Afternoon written by Tehila Lieberman and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2012. The short stories in this rich debut collection embody in their complexity Alice Munro's description of the short story as "a world seen in a quick, glancing light." In chiseled and elegant prose, Lieberman conjures wildly disparate worlds. A middle aged window washer, mourning his wife and an estranged daughter, begins to grow attached to a young woman he sees through the glass; a writer, against his better judgment, pursues a new relationship with a femme fatale who years ago broke his heart; and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor struggles with the delicate decision of whether to finally ask her aging mother how it was that she survived. It is all here--the exigencies of love, of lust, the raw, unlit terrain of grief. Whether plumbing the darker depths or casting a humorous eye on a doomed relationship, these stories never force a choice between tragedy and redemption, but rather invite us into the private moments and crucibles of lives as hungry and flawed as our own.
Author : Lucy Caldwell
Publisher : Comma Press
ISBN 13 : 1912697602
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (126 download)
Download or read book The BBC National Short Story Award 2021 written by Lucy Caldwell and published by Comma Press. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of teenage boys take turns assessing each other’s changing bodies before a Friday night disco… A grieving woman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow traveller on a night train to Kiev… An unusually well-informed naturalist is eyed with suspicion by his comrades on a forest exhibition with a higher purpose… The stories shortlisted for the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University take place in liminal spaces – their characters find themselves in transit, travelling along flight paths, train lines and roads, or in moments where new opportunities or directions suddenly seem possible. From the reflections of a new mother flying home after a funeral, to an ailing son’s reluctance to return to the village of his childhood, these stories celebrate small kindnesses in times of turbulence, and demonstrate a connection between one another that we might sometimes take for granted. The BBC NSSA is one of the most prestigious prizes for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £15,000, and four further shortlisted authors £600 each. James Runcie is joined on the judging panel by a group of acclaimed writers and critics including: Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Fiona Mozley; award winning writer, poet and winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, Derek Owusu; multi-award winning Irish novelist and short story writer, Donal Ryan; and returning judge, Di Speirs, Books Editor at BBC Radio.
Author : Rebecca Lloyd
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 085728522X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)
Download or read book Pangea written by Rebecca Lloyd and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Pangea’ is an anthology of short stories by authors from across the globe, celebrating the human condition from many different perspectives against the backdrop of many different cultures, and expressing the beauty of diversity and the commonality therein.
Author : Iona Grey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250066778
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Letters to the Lost written by Iona Grey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time. Fate is unkind and they are separated by decades and continents. In the present, Jess becomes determined to find out what happened to them. Her hope--inspired by a love so powerful it spans a lifetime--will lead her to find a startling redemption in her own life.
Author : Cherise Saywell
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742743080
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Desert Fish written by Cherise Saywell and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far will Gilly go to become someone new? 'Gilly. You know we'll die here, don't you?' Pete's eyes are glazed and red-rimmed. 'Yes.' 'Aren't you afraid?' 'No, I'm not,' I tell him. 'I can't believe you,' he says. 'I don't believe you're not afraid.' He wants us to be joined now, at this moment. He doesn't want to die alone. But I mean it. I'm not afraid. Gilly lives in a drought-ridden small town in 1970s Australia. She's left school but hasn't found a job, it's always hot and life seems a little pointless. Then Pete arrives. Golden-skinned with a kind smile and relaxed attitude, he boards with Gilly and her family and breaks the tension between her philandering father and anxious-to-please mother. Gilly can't help but fall in love with him and one sultry night, she gets what she wants. A few weeks later, Pete disappears and Gilly finds out she's pregnant. She wants Pete so badly she'll do what it takes to find him and keep him, at any cost. A dark love story, Desert Fish is a powerful and unflinching debut novel.
Author : Steve Wright (Art editor)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910089316
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Banksy's Bristol written by Steve Wright (Art editor) and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Home Sweet Home: Banksy's Bristol contains a new section of words and pictures from Banksy's astonishing Dismaland adventure in Weston-super-Mare near Bristol. Photographer Simon Ellis and author Richard Jones visited 'The UK's Most Disappointing New Visitor Attraction' on many occasions to compile the new section. The edition has been completely revised with some new writing and pictures. It includes images of all of Banksy's significant early work from his home town of Bristol, interviews with street artists who worked with him and a narrative tracing his progression from the Dry Breadz Crew to one of the most famous artists on the planet. This is the only book to contain so much of Banksy's early work and it also includes sections on Banksy's trip to Mexico with the Easton Cowboys football team to support the Zapatista freedom fighters; an illustrated section on the Banksy vs Bristol Museum show from 2009 and an interview with John Nation who founded the Bristol graffiti scene at Barton Hill Youth Club.
Author : Allwell Uwazuruike
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838027926
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (279 download)
Download or read book The Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem written by Allwell Uwazuruike and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem, is a collection of short stories on identity, love, hope, and self-discovery. Told by rising and award-winning writers from across the African continent and beyond, the stories are a rich blend of suspense, humour, drama, and romance. "This anthology gives us a glimpse into the galaxies of possibility within African literature. It is complex, exciting, full of surprises, and brimming with brilliance." Maneo Mohale, Author, Everything is a Deadly Flower "The stories in this collection are rooted in time and place. This specificity, steeped in clear language and vivid imagery, makes them bold and urgent. An enthusiastic read that left me with fresh thoughts and feelings about the people in my continent." Kiprop Kimutai, Baldwin Fellow 2019
Author : Vijay Khurana
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 0857983717
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Regal Beagle written by Vijay Khurana and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic tale of a beagle who would be Queen When the queen of a small kingdom dies without leaving an heir, the mourning citizens are confused. Who will be their next ruler? The royal scrolls state that if there is no heir - no children, no siblings, no aunts or uncles - the queen’s best friend must take her place. It just so happens that the queen’s best friend is Lucy, her beloved beagle. The evil Lord Runcible is furious at the thought of a canine queen and plots to seize the throne for himself. So begins a battle of wits between man and dog. A suspicious flea infestation, a dog-napping and an icy cold dip in a river all form part of a thrilling adventure. Will Lucy be able to prove to the people she is worthy of the crown?
Author : Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 9781431429028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Mourning Bird written by Mubanga Kalimamukwento and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eleven-year-old Chimuka and her younger brother Ali find themselves orphaned in the 1990s, it's clear that their seemingly ordinary Zambian family is brimming with secrets: from HIV/AIDS to infidelity to suicide. Faced with the difficult choice of living with their abusive extended family or slithering into the dark underbelly of Lusaka's streets, Chimuka and Ali escape and become street kids. Against the backdrop of a failed military coup, election riots and a declining economy, Chimuka and Ali are raised by drugs, crime and police brutality. As a teenager, Chimuka is caught between prostitution and the remnants of the fragile stability from before her parents' death. The Mourning Bird is not just Chimuka's story, it's a national portrait of Zambia in an era of strife. With lively and unflinching prose, Kalimamukwento paints a country's burden, shame and silence that, when juxtaposed with Chimuka's triumph, forms an empowering debut novel.
Author : Stanley Donwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906477554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (775 download)
Download or read book Household Worms written by Stanley Donwood and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley Donwood says of a selection of stories contained in Household Worms that were inspired by drinking red wine alone at night: 'These were written to avoid staring for too long at a night-filled window that only reflected my own sorry-for-itself face. Perhaps I should try writing with white wine too. A lighter tone may emerge. Champagne would probably get me writing jokes for crackers. Never mind, never mind.' Donwood is best known as an artist, but this collection confirms his prowess as an equally talented writer of prose.
Author : Rebecca F. John
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781916398603
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (986 download)
Download or read book The Empty Greatcoat written by Rebecca F. John and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth Brandt
Publisher : Fly on the Wall Press
ISBN 13 : 9781913211646
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (116 download)
Download or read book No One Has Any Intention of Building a Wall written by Ruth Brandt and published by Fly on the Wall Press. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Brandt's debut short story collection tackles stubborn, impulsive and adrenaline-seeking human nature. From the formation of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the early life of Turing, to modern day families, Brandt lays bare the social systems and customs we live by. To read and recognise Brandt's characters, is to recognise humans are social chameleons - an acknowledgement that through pain, loss and memories of war, we can choose to love and live with abandon. "Ruth Brandt carries the reader into the dark heart of our shared hopes and fears. Always subtle, with a deft understatement and a pared-back style, these are stories that open up our understanding of how we are. They are quietly unforgettable." - Jonathan Davidson, poet and memoirist Extract: In Wenceslas Square, after the synagogues and the memorial, we attached ourselves to an American tour group and listened to the story of the '89 Velvet Revolution, of Václav Havel's balcony speech. Rob marvelled and repeated sections, not knowing that he is recounting my own history. You came looking for me after '89, I know. But everything was uncertain. Lines of communication suddenly closed. So what then of our role to 'contribute towards the downfall of capitalism' when my country had embraced that enemy? Where did I fit? I was trained to be invisible. I could walk on sand and leave no footprints, pass along a street and be un-remarked upon. A social chameleon is what you'd made of me. And, Tomas, I was pregnant with another man's child - that's how deep my entrenchment in British society had become. I was good by then, better than you could ever have known. I acquired a new passport, destroyed my papers and my one-time decoding pads. I disappeared for the second time in my life. I hid so that my child and I could have stability, certainty. Here I am, lying in the shade of a tree in the Rose Garden on Petrin Hill, watching a triangle of sun creep across my foot. Rob has gone to fetch ice creams - he says he didn't imagine it being this hot here. The scent of roses infuses the air around me and with a man, who loves me enough to bring me to Prague as a birthday surprise, fetches me an ice cream, while all I can hear is my mother crying goodbye in our communist prefab flat. 'Just for a little while, ' I told her, when in truth I had promised a lifetime commitment to the StB. "'Lucky Underpants' describes a romantic encounter that goes awry because the narrator becomes distanced by his thoughts. One thing definitely leads to another but not the kind of climax he was hoping for. In the space of less than a page we get a sense of character, a sense of the way his mind works. 'Nothing happened, ' says his might have been lover, but for the reader plenty has happened, in fact.'" - Monica Ali on flash Lucky Underpants (Highly Commended 2018 Bridport Prize)
Author : Bath Short Story Awards
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785452274
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Bath Short Story Award 2017 Anthology written by Bath Short Story Awards and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, yet heartbreaking, tale about a teenager and her fascination with writing. A widow and her golden horse. When the names of plants disappear. Broken vases and broken hearts. A slow revelation about a marriage...These six winning stories and the twelve dazzling others in the anthology will keep you gripped.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910089965
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (899 download)
Download or read book BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 13 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
