Interviews

Interviews with short story authors

Here are interviews with short story specialists...

We hear about their inspirations for their collections, their tips for writing short stories and getting them published, their recommendations for short story writers and collections to look out for. Generally they, like us, are enthusiastic about the artform and sing its praises.

Jon McGregor: Making Short Work

Jon McGregor is one of the country's best authors. Having written some of the most remarkable books of the last ten years, including the sublime and dark Even the Dogs, and been twice runner-up to the BBC National Short Story...

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D W Wilson: Youngest Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award

D W Wilson was this week announced the youngest ever winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 for his story 'The Dead Roads'. The story is a classic North American road trip story with a difference. Three already...

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Stuart Evers: Smoking Hot Writer

Stuart Evers is a self-confessed book-obsessive. Hearing him talk passionately about everything from crime to short stories to football memoirs, you get a sense of how well read this man is, and not in a smug highbrow way...

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C K Stead, winner of the first Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award

The winner of the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is C K Stead. The veteran of the shortlist at 77, and the author of 11 novels, two collections of short stories and 15 books of poetry...

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Clare Wigfall: writer in residence

We thought it was high time you got to know our current writer in residence, the award-winning short story writer Clare Wigfall, as we know her.

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Edna O'Brien, on winning the Frank O'Connor Prize

Booktrust online Writer-in-Residence Clare Wigfall interviews distinguished Irish author Edna O'Brien on the eve of the announcement of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. This interview took place at the Cork City International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland.

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