MASTERCLASS PODCAST: In the second of our Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Joseph O’Connor talks about super-charging language, the taxi meter in readers’ heads, and how to know when your writing isn’t as good as it should be.
‘Opening Bridges is like opening a box of tricks with each story containing a new, magical insight into human nature and the bridges that connect us.’ KIRSTY WALTERS recommends a Global Anthology of Short Stories.
‘Haunting, thought-provoking and superbly written. Perfect bedtime reading on dark November nights.’ As part of the celebrations on Robert Louis Stevenson Day, Professor BILL GRAY introduces us to the life and fables of the man himself.
JONATHAN TAYLOR, editor of Overheard: Stories to Read Aloud, discusses the new-genre (or sub-genre) of short fiction – the performance story.
In his essay CYRIL DABYDEEN discusses memories of Sam Selvon’s short stories: ‘Selvon’s story-telling became immediate folklore with long-lasting echoes, due to his natural voice in narration and dialogue.’
ELLIE WALSH recommends ‘What We Wanted’, a short story by Canadian writer Michael V. Smith: ‘it is a story that shatters sides and boundaries.’
An essay by WANDA CAMPBELL: ‘When I read ‘For Esmé–With Love and Squalor’, I did not know it was considered one of J.D. Salinger’s best stories, but I knew that I liked it.’
EMMA YOUNG looks at the life and writing of Ali Smith: ‘It is Smith’s focus and attention to voice that marks her out as a unique writer…’
MASTERCLASS PODCAST: In the first of our Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Steve Wasserman talks to award-winning author Sarah Hall about killer stories and the sexiness of the short story form.
Managing Editor and founder of Labello Press, DEBORAH McMENAMY, talks of their maiden anthology, Gem Street, and of pulling words instead of weeds.
