"Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 1" was launched at a special event in the London Metrowords festival.
Steve Finbow led the way with a rapid-fire, mesmerising reading from "Balzac of the Badlands" that had to be heard to be believed. Stupendous.
Here's Vanessa Gebbie's report on "the launch of the best anthology since the big bang." (Notice a rare sighting of a pristine copy of the WH.) To close the night, Vanessa delighted everyone with a reading of her Guildford prize-winning story, "Naming Finbar".
Lynsey Rose read from her disturbing new, unpublished novel, described as like Bridget Jones' Diary as it might have been written by Franz Kafka. Here's: Exitainment's review of the event.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
A review of "New Short Stories 1"
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"Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 1" proves that the modern short story is alive and kicking... (Authortrek)
"Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 1" proves that the modern short story is alive and kicking... (Authortrek)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The new underground
New Short Stories
In the publishing industry it is a given that many women but few men read novels while commuting to and from work. For the first time a publisher (Pretend Genius) is specifically offering that elusive male reader what we all know he really wants: instant gratification.
I put it to you that men want to arrive home or at work having completed a story, not part way through. The feeling of arriving at work having just read a complete story is without parallel. Scoff at clods who only know newspaper reports that you heard about earlier on the radio, or skimmed with your news aggregator. Pity those who signed up for "distance learning" and always have to plod through over-sized books full of dead verbiage.
Men, now is your chance to put us women in our place: always be finishing stories and snapping books shut with emphasis, while we poor girlies faff about endlessly in novels. (Speaking only for myself, of course.)
Kerry Ellison, Pretend Genius P.R.
Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 1. Editor: Stephen Moran. First year royalties to Comic Relief.
Special introductory offers including free delivery: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble
Available to order from all online and independent high street bookshops. Isbn: 0977852628
In the publishing industry it is a given that many women but few men read novels while commuting to and from work. For the first time a publisher (Pretend Genius) is specifically offering that elusive male reader what we all know he really wants: instant gratification.
I put it to you that men want to arrive home or at work having completed a story, not part way through. The feeling of arriving at work having just read a complete story is without parallel. Scoff at clods who only know newspaper reports that you heard about earlier on the radio, or skimmed with your news aggregator. Pity those who signed up for "distance learning" and always have to plod through over-sized books full of dead verbiage.
Men, now is your chance to put us women in our place: always be finishing stories and snapping books shut with emphasis, while we poor girlies faff about endlessly in novels. (Speaking only for myself, of course.)
Kerry Ellison, Pretend Genius P.R.
Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 1. Editor: Stephen Moran. First year royalties to Comic Relief.
Special introductory offers including free delivery: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble
Available to order from all online and independent high street bookshops. Isbn: 0977852628
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