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Bristol Short Story Prize |
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The shortlist for the inaugural Bristol Short Story Prize has been announced. Entries to the competition came from all over the world, with writers from countries as far a-field as New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Iran, U.S.A., South Africa, Canada, Japan and the United Arab Emirates submitting stories. This international flavour is present on the list with ‘Floating On By’ written by Helsinki-based Joel Willans. The judging panel - BBC Radio 4 Executive Producer, Sara Davies; award-winning author Patricia Ferguson (twice longlisted for the Orange Prize for her novels It So Happens & Peripheral Vision); novelist and publisher Mike Manson; Venue editor Joe Spurgeon; author and bookseller Nik Kalinowski were overwhelmed with both the high quality and volume of entries. Chair of the judges Mike Manson said, “The task of judging was an honour and a pleasure. I glimpsed many weird and wonderful worlds.”Judge and Venue editor Joe Spurgeon said that the Prize shows “the short story - in a world besieged by the roaming, panoramic, media courted novel - to be very much alive and in rather rampaging form.”
The 2008 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist :
Facing Up To Things- Susan Akass
The Loi Krathong- Irene Black
The Boys Guide to Winning: No.1 - Hide and Seek - Catherine Chanter
Hunters and Gatherers- Sue Coffey
The Cobblestones Sparkle- Anthony Howcroft
The Goddaughter- Michael Karwowski
Life Sucks- Fran Landsman
Virtue In Danger- Nick Law
Ground- Miranda Lewis
The River - Rebecca Lloyd
Killing Me Quietly- Dominica McGowan
Intervention- Charlotte Mabey
A Peddler of Sorts - Ian Madden
Burying The Presidents - Ian Millsted
Angel and Assassin - Derek Sellen
Unfinished Business- Lee Taylor
Tuesday Night- Alan Toyne
Going Down Brean- Rebecca Watts
The Close - Tim Weaver
Floating On By - Joel Willans
The prizes will be presented and the winners announced at an awards ceremony hosted by the Galleries branch of Waterstone’s in the centre of Bristol on Saturday June 28th. The Prize Anthology will also be launched at the ceremony.
http://www.bristolprize.co.uk/the-judges/
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Where's My Money?
by Mike Manson
The cry of 'I want my money' invariably means that something is about to blow.
Max doesn't work. Now he's been offered a job - at the dole office.
It's the hot summer of 1976. Mega-flares. The dole office. Cider. And a riot.
Where's My Money? is a witty encounter with slacker culture in Bristol in the 1970s, set against the background of Max Redcliffe's day job in a dole office. For a time in the 1970s author Mike Manson worked as a dole clerk. 'This isn't my story,' he says. He has to. He signed the Official Secrets Act.
http://www.wheresmymoney.org.uk/
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Diesel Publishing announce new book |
Diesel Publishing, established in late 2006 is shortly to publish its third book. The proprietor, William Fairney set up Diesel Publishing to produce his work “The Knife and Fork Man”, when he was unable to find a publisher willing to produce such a specialist book, a biography of Charles Redrup the engine designer.
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