Best British Short Stories 2017

Royle, Nicholas (ed)

ISBN 10: 1784631124 / ISBN 13: 9781784631123

Published by Salt Publishing, 2017

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Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. Editor(s): Royle, Nicholas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. . . 2017. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Best British Short Stories 2017
• Publisher: Salt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784631124
• ISBN 13: 9781784631123
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year.

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume.Featuring stories by Jay Barnett, Peter Bradshaw, Rosalind Brown, Krishan Coupland, Claire Dean, Niven Govinden, Françoise Harvey, Andrew Michael Hurley, Daisy Johnson, James Kelman, Giselle Leeb, Courttia Newland, Vesna Main, Eliot North, Irenosen Okojie, Laura Pocock, David Rose, Deirdre Shanahan, Sophie Wellstood and Lara Williams.

About the Author

Nicholas Royle was born in Manchester in 1963. He is the author of seven novels, including: Counterparts, Saxophone Dreams, and First Novel, and a short story collection, Mortality. He has edited sixteen anthologies, including A Book of Two Halves and Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing. He lives between London and Manchester and teaches creative writing at MMU.