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Stories taken from the bustling, chaotic city of Dhaka by ten talented writers. At their core, these stories are of quintessential human relationships and motivations that would have resonance in virtually any part of the world. Leading you through the backstreets and bars of Havana, ten stories demonstrating the power of contemporary Cuban literature. Becca Parkinson , Eva Eglaja-Kristsone ….
Becca Parkinson , Gvantsa Jobava …. This collection brings together a new generation of writers many of whom have never had their work translated into English and their writings about the city. Ten short stories from the Iranian capital of Tehran, translated into English for the first time. Magda Raczynska , Becky Harrison …. Saif's diary of the Gaza War in , with foreword by Noam Chomsky. Bizarre, garrulous, self-confident, often desperately lonely; such is the variety of characters Grunberg meets So delicate and fleet-footed are these stories, even the most single-minded protagonists win us over with a raucous charm that makes us love them and hate them in equal measure.
With pared down but insistent language, Wetzel achieves a poise and clarity and presents lives that are as arresting as they are arrested. In almost every one of Eliasson's stories we find people taking leave of their normal lives in order to take their dreams more seriously. His prose is as fluid as the water that surges and swells through all his landscapes.
Michelle Green — a former aid worker in Darfur — re-tells the story of the Sudanese civil war from 15 different perspectives, capturing by turns the brutal indifference of the government war machine, the terrible scars inflicted on individuals caught in its path, and the complex melting pot of experiences that constitutes any relief effort. Featuring the story that inspired the motion picture, 45 Years. A window into the contemporary Chinese psyche through the short stories from one of China's leading satirists, Diao Dou.
Shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The first collection of short stories from award-winning thriller writer and YA author Martyn Bedford. A collection of stories from an exciting female Palestinian writer, translated from Arabic into English for the first time. This is the first in a series of specially commissioned, original short stories celebrating the strength and richness of the city's literary alumni. Both featured in City Life and sold separately, this issue was the first of the booklets to be distributed FREE to public transport users in the Greater Manchester area.
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This was the first in the Manchester series to look beyond Greater Manchester for its authors, bringing together an international cast of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers from Britain and abroad, as well as home grown talent, to celebrate Manchester hosting Europride, the largest celebration of Gay and Lesbian culture in Europe.
Published in September 04, issue 1 Newcastle Stories 1, six established and award-winning Newcastle authors kick-started a unique new magazine series that featured anthologies of new work twice a year and free to readers of The Crack. A ground-breaking literary vision, swerving in and out of the isolated monologue of an isolated elderly woman. Thronging with characters, this is a journey through the unattended subplots of our lives, the on-going narrative that subconscious itself weaves together.
While There Is Light is a fictionalised account of the events leading up to the arrest of one of the so called 'Bradford 12'. Ra Page , Magda Raczynska …. When It Changed is an attempt to put authors and scientists back in touch with each other, to re-introduce research ideas with literary concerns, and to re-forge the alloy that once made SF great.
Ra Page , Martyn Amos …. Ra Page , Penny Lewis …. Ra Page , Dr Rob Appleby …. An anthology of specially-commissioned stories exploring thought experiments and their use in science to crack fundamental problems. Ra Page , Sarah Eyre …. Phobic shines a torch into the unlit areas of the modern subconscious and suggests the more we know, the more we realise how worried we really should be. The poems in Chris Woods' second collection remind us to take time out from our lives, from ourselves, and share with us both the pleasures and surprises that come with even the smallest skive….
Covering a century of writing that arguably saw all the major short forms emerge, from Hawthorne's 'Twice Told Tales' to Kafka's modernist nightmares, these essays offer new and unique inroads into classic texts, both for the literature student and aspiring writer.
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Ten of the best Mansfield stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Alison MacLeod who also provides a critical essay. Ten of the best Chekhov stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Frank Cottrell Boyce who also provides a critical essay. In this new edition, Sean O'Brien introduces a selection of stories from the master of the American Gothic short story, as well as providing a specially written critical analysis on the form and style of Poe's writing.
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Respected crime writer, critic and editor Martin Edwards introduces a selection of Conan Doyle's most influential and innovative stories. Ten of the best Kipling stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Adam Roberts, who also provides an introductory essay. Ten of the best Lovecraft stories, specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Ramsey Campbell, who also provides a introductory essay.
Organ-playing wunderkinds, poets on government re-employment schemes, unlikely celebrity party guests…. Real or surreal, despairing or defiant, these stories prove that far from being a genre of offcuts and unfinished ideas, the short story, if only we give it a moment, is very much alive and well. Ellipsis is a series celebrating the 'short story sequence' - that interlocking daisy-chain of narrative produced when stories knit together to form a continuum of character or theme. Established and award winning poets from around Britian and the UK have been asked to 'interlope' into the unknown territory of the short - most of them for the first time and each bringing with them a new, poetic perspective as well as an intuitive feel for the snapshot's hidden narratives.
Comma's second anthology of new writers showcases 20 of the most imaginative and daring voices taking up the form; writers dedicated to charting the far reaches of this terrain right at the outset of their careers; writers who prove it's best to stay short. This year's shortlist brings together a high calibre group of new and established authors exploring human relationships at their most dysfunctional and yet sustaining. Wilson, Jon McGregor, M.
In honour of the Olympics, this edition opened its doors to international short story submissions from all over the world, thus becoming the first BBC International Short Story Award. Now in its eleventh year, this highly anticipated collection celebrates the very best in contemporary British fiction with an all-female shortlist of renowned authors, who explore the short story form in spectacular fashion. The thirteenth year of the esteemed BBC prize shortlist, this year introduced by head judge Stig Abell.
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The Book of Leeds ed. Tom Palmer , Maria Crossan … Bringing together fiction from some of the city's most celebrated writers, The Book of Leeds traces the unique contours that fifty years of social and economic change can impress on a city. The Book of Liverpool ed. Tales from Ten Cities ed. Maria Crossan Decapolis is a book which imagines the city otherwise.
City Stories from the Middle East ed. Short Stories from Urban China ed. Ra Page , Carol Yinghua … The challenges depicted in these stories are uniquely Chinese, but the energy and ingenuity with which their authors approach them is something readers everywhere can marvel at. The Book of Gaza ed. Atef Abu Saif This anthology brings together some of the pioneers of the Gazan short story from that era, as well as younger exponents of the form, with ten stories that offer glimpses of life in the Strip that go beyond the global media headlines.
The Book of Rio ed. Toni Marques , Katie Slade … The ten stories in this anthology bring to life the complex and ever-changing face of Rio de Janeiro behind the tourist-tailored images of the city. The Book of Tokyo ed.
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The Book of Birmingham ed. The Book of Cairo ed. Raph Cormack This collection brings together a new generation of writers many of whom have never had their work translated into English and their writings about the city. The Book of Tehran ed. Can their reality be communicated through art? Available now from our website and all good retailers: Read it here - http: But to Lauren it still felt like the city was burning. The Book of Birmingham is available from our website and all good retailers: Thanks so much to Poetry Village and Friends of Marsden Library - Keeping Marsden Library Open for hosting poet Gaia Holmes alongside Tom Weir at their event last night, here's a couple of photos, and thanks to everyone who came to hear Gaia read from her new collection Where the Road Runs Out, available now from commapress.
See you next year. Shortlist will be published by Comma Press next year. Find out more and how to enter here: The Sea Cloak, her first short story collection which has been translated from Arabic into English, will be published by Comma in February Available to pre-order here: Carefully crafted to tell a story with penetrating understatement, this was an entertaining if occasionally sardonic read. It's the perfect opportunity to treat yourself, or the bibliophile in your life - Merry Christmas from Comma!
On the 21st February Z-arts, Hulme. Workshop 2, Chinese to English with Helen Wang pm: Read Rewrite London's brilliant review of The Book of Birmingham, exploring its themes of race, immigration, class and industrial decline, here: Contributing authors to The Book of Birmingham gathered last night in the city's own Ch We want to thank all who attended for a great turn out and enthusiastic questions! The Book of Birmingham is available to buy from our website and all good retailers https: Tom and Gaia are both acclaimed contemporary poets, celebrating the launch of new collections at this event.
Not all are happy — in fact, it could be argued that none of them are happy — but they are all so wonderfully told. Read Marvel At Word's full review of 'Banthology: Stories From Unwanted Nations' here: Banthology is available to buy from our website and all good retailers https: Experience these stories in the city they were born from! We recommend early arrival.
The Book of Birmingham will be available to purchase at the event or, if you can't make it, is available to order from our website - https: Sections of this page. Email or Phone Password Forgotten account? See more of Comma Press on Facebook. Accepting submissions of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, Publishing as semiannual litzine. Deadline March 1st,