Saturday, November 07, 2009

Short Circuit - win a copy of the indispensible guide to the short story!


There will be much much  more on this over the next few weeks and months, but for right now, head over to Salt's blog to win a copy of Short Circuit -  the hot-off-the-press Guide to the Art of the Short Story, edited by my great friend and colleague, the wondrous and extremely hard-working Vanessa Gebbie. Short Circuit includes my essay on flash fiction and I am deeply honoured to be in the company of so many amazing writers who contributed to this book. A little more about the book:

Short Circuit is the first textbook written by prize-winning writers for students and more experienced practitioners of the short story. The 288 page guide brings together twenty-four specially-commissioned essays from well-published short story writers who are also prize winners of the toughest short story competitions in the English language, including five essays from winners of The Bridport Prize. There are interviews with Clare Wigfall, winner of The National Short Story Award — and with Tobias Hill whose short story collection won the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award.

Go win yourself a copy, the three questions are easy for any short story lover - or very Googleable! And if you don't happen to be the lucky one, then it's available from Salt at a 20% discount right now. You won't regret it. Watch this space, and the Short Review blog, for more.

4 comments:

Vanessa Gebbie said...

A very tired V tuning in to say how lovely the new look blog is!

Ethel Rohan said...

Sounds like a fine, informative read. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Group 8 said...

Can't wait to get my paws on Short Circuit.

Rachel Fenton said...

I'm half way through short circuit and I can vouch for it - good sound advice and great insider tips and know how! And great reminders of really obvious things that we all think we know and do but then are so good we have forgotten that we need to be reminded now and then.....