UQP acquires two new books from Birch
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired a short story collection, Dark as Last Night, and a work of poetry, Whisper Songs, by Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Tony Birch. ‘Dark as...
Short and strange: Paddy O’Reilly on ‘Peripheral Vision’
Paddy O’Reilly’s latest short story collection Peripheral Vision (UQP, July) is ‘blackly comic and bitingly clever’, writes reviewer Hilary Simmons. She spoke to the author. Read Simmons’ review here.Why did you...
Hall wins BBC National Short Story Award
British novelist Sarah Hall has won the 2013 BBC National Short Story Award for her story ‘Mrs Fox’. Hall, whose novels have previously won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and been nominated...
All-female BBC National Short Story Award shortlist announced
In the UK, five women writers have been shortlisted for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award. The shortlisted writers and their short stories are: Lionel Shriver for Prepositions; Lisa...
Constantine wins Frank O’Connor Short Story Award
In the UK, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, with a prize of €25,000 (A$35,700), has been awarded to David Constantine for Tea at the Midland and Other Stories,...