Writer Judy Birkbeck reviews The Sing of the Shore, by Lucy Wood, published by 4th Estate, 2018. Lucy Wood’s first collection of short stories, Diving Belles, centred around Cornish folklore and was peopled with house spirits, mermaids and so on. The Sing of the Shore is more earthy and tangible; it does not show the picture-postcard Cornwall of sandy coves, rugged cliffs and expansive sea views. Rather, we see the realities […]
Daily archives: 23rd December 2018
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The Northern Short Story Festival Academy is delighted to announce that it will be supporting 12 short story writers from Yorkshire in 2019. The announcement came at a reception on Monday evening at the Leeds Library. The 12 selected writers form the first year’s intake to The Northern Short Story Festival Academy which was launched this year. Among them is a Pushcart nominee, the winner of the Bare Fiction prize, the winner […]