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Short story

Ordinary extraordinary
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Telling Tales
The V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2015
The V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2015
Arts Council England must treat literature more fairly
Arts Council England must treat literature more fairly...
Penelope Lively and Helen Simpson on literary brevity
Penelope Lively and Helen Simpson on literary brevity...
Adam Foulds & Rose Tremain at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2011
Adam Foulds & Rose Tremain at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2011...
Jane Gardam & Adam Mars-Jones at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2010
Jane Gardam & Adam Mars-Jones at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2010...
Commitment to the Short Story
Commitment to the Short Story
Roddy Doyle at the 2013 V.S Pritchett Memorial Prize
Roddy Doyle at the 2013 V.S Pritchett Memorial Prize...
Jackie Kay at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2012
Jackie Kay at the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize 2012...

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Gillian Slovo

Gillian Slovo

Gillian Slovo has published thirteen novels, a family memoir and has also written three verbatim plays. She started in crime, writing five novels featuring her detective Kate Baeier, before branching out into narrative driven literary fiction. Ice Road …


Gillian Slovo recommends A Different Drummer, Milkman, The Association of Small Bombs, The Changling.

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