May was declared National Short Story Month in the US by Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network a few years ago, and, wonderfully, others have followed his lead. Doesn’t … Continue reading →
This month’s Short Review is up. What’s in it, you ask?? We bring you false relations, damaged goods, repetition patterns, quick repair, stories like donut holes, stories named for rivers, … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of last week’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist comes the list of short story collections longlisted for the 2009 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award … Continue reading →
I am delighted that independent publishing house Canongate have chosen The Short Review as their Site of the Week on their new “Meet At the Gate” forum and “cultural hub”! … Continue reading →
Thanks to Short Reviewer Mark for drawing my attention to this fascinating article by Molly Flatt on The Guardian’s Book’s Blog. Entitled “Criticism’s Vocabulary of Cruelty”, her premise is that … Continue reading →
Following on from a previous post about how we’re not in the new-book-selling business at The Short Review, here’s the ideal solution: Better World Books. We love literacy programs like … Continue reading →
This is from a review in this month’s BookSlut of Israeli writer Etgar Keret’s most recent collection: In early 21st century short fiction, originality is rare. The lumbering “short stories” … Continue reading →
Several people have used the word “addicted” to describe their feelings towards The Short Review. Short story collections – the new heroin? Will this necessitate government action, a Tsar to … Continue reading →
When you’ve won yourself a prize like the Booker Prize, as Anne Enright (whose first published book was a short story collection) did with her novel, The Gathering, then you’re … Continue reading →