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The project launches with a set of four stunningly produced books, each containing eight original stories. Each book is themed on one of the elements - Earth, Fire, Air and Water - and features work from a dream cast of authors. The big idea is to raise money for Oxfam and along the way to highlight the charity's work in project areas: agriculture in "Earth", water projects in "Water", conflict aid in "Fire", and climate change in "Air". The four books will play a central role in the first ever Oxfam Book Fortnight, a new annual event launching in July 2009. The fortnight will be co-ordinated by Hay and bring together dozens of UK literary festivals, who are each being asked to put on one Oxfam event during the fortnight.
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Participating writers include: Kate ATKINSON : Beryl BAINBRIDGE: William BOYD : Jonathan BUCKLEY : Tracy CHEVALIER : Jonathan COE : Geoff DYER : Michel FABER : Sebastian FAULKS : Helen FIELDING : Giles FODEN : Esther FREUD : Xialou GUO : Mark HADDON : Sophie HANNAH : Zoe HELLER : Victoria HISLOP : Howard JACOBSON : AL KENNEDY : Hari KUNZRU : Hanif KUREISHI : John LECARRE: Marti LEIMBACH : Marina LEWYCKA : Alexander McCALL SMITH : Debbie MOGGACH : Michael MORPURGO : David PARK : DBC PIERRE : Ian RANKIN : Vikram SETH : Nicholas SHAKESPEARE : Kamila SHAMSIE : Lionel SHRIVER : Helen SIMPSON : Ali SMITH : William SUTCLIFFE : Rose TREMAIN : Joanna TROLLOPE : Louise WELSH : Robert McLiam WILSON : Jeanette WINTERSON
Review:
"These excellent collections include stories by some of Britain's best-loved writers... One of the joys of collections like these is that you're bound to come across something new... You really should buy them all." -Financial Times
"Classy... A great opportunity to sample a wide range of takes on this underrated form... At their best - Ali Smith, Alexander McCall Smith, Sebastian Faulks - short stories open disproportionately wide imaginative vistas." -Daily Telegraph
"Classy... A great opportunity to sample a wide range of takes on this underrated form... At their best - Ali Smith, Alexander McCall Smith, Sebastian Faulks - short stories open disproportionately wide imaginative vistas." -Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherGreenProfile
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1846682606
- ISBN 13 9781846682605
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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