Nov 23, 2023 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Flic Everett and her novel, Murder in a Country Village, the second in her Edie York Mystery series. Published by Bookouture, and set in wartime Britain, Flic’s first book in the cozy historical mystery series, A Report of Murder, has won her many rave reviews. Bestselling author, Jill Mansell said: ‘Once…
Nov 07, 2023 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Brent van Staalduinen who will have his latest novel, Unthinkable, published by Canadian publisher, At Bay Press in February 2024. Unthinkable is Brent’s fourth novel and his first thriller. Here’s more on it from Brent’s website: “The Unthinkable has devastated the west coast, turning thriving towns into debris-filled wastelands. Lorry Martens, a former…
Oct 31, 2023 | Joe Melia
The 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize was won by Abhishek Sengupta who lives in Kolkata. Abhishek won with his story, Things to Do on the Eve of Your Killing. We took the opportunity to ask Abhishek about his recent triumph, how his winning story came together and his writing in general. Big thanks to him…
Oct 17, 2023 | Joe Melia
Our 2023 awards ceremony was held at Watershed in the centre of Bristol on October 14th and was also streamed via Zoom. The first presentation of the evening went to this year’s anthology cover designer, Isabelle Wallace. Keza O’Neill won the Sansom Award for the highest placed story by a Bristol-based writer. Judges, Heather Marks…
Oct 06, 2023 | Joe Melia
This year’s BSSP awards ceremony is just 8 days away. With that in mind here are the remaining 10 writers whose wonderful stories have been shortlisted for the top prize and which will be published in our 16th anthology. If you missed part 1 of our shortlist introductions, you can find it here. Keza O’Neill…
Oct 04, 2023 | Joe Melia
With the buildup to our 2023 awards ceremony on October 14th continuing, it is an enormous pleasure to introduce 10 of the 20 writers who have been selected for this year’s shortlist and whose brilliant stories will be published in our 16th anthology – available to pre-order from Tangent Books. The shortlisted writers are in…
Oct 01, 2023 | Joe Melia
The eye-catching cover for our forthcoming anthology has been designed by recent UWE Illustration graduate, Isabelle Wallace. Isabelle’s design was chosen from submissions to our annual cover design project with third year students on the Illustration degree course at the University of the West of England here in Bristol. Many thanks to Chris Hill, Jonathan…
Sep 27, 2023 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Sean Watkin who has been signed by literary agent, Jordan Lees, at The Blair Partnership agency. The agency will represent Sean’s debut novel when it is out on submission to publishers later this autumn. Writing on Twitter, Sean said that he “couldn’t be happier!” with the news. It’s great to see Sean’s work…
Sep 12, 2023 | Joe Melia
Congratulations to Avril Joy whose latest novel, The Silent Women, was published earlier this summer by Linen Press. The novel, which is Avril’s third, is set in the 19th century in a women’s asylum. Here’s more from the Linen Press website: “In 1875, Simone Gastrell is conveniently committed to Long Meadows Asylum by her adulterous…
Aug 03, 2023 | Joe Melia
Amazing news to report for Chetna Maroo; her debut novel, Western Lane, published in May this year, has been longlisted for the UK’s most prestigious literary award, the Booker Prize! The Booker judges say: ‘Skilfully deploying the sport of squash as both context and metaphor, Western Lane is a deeply evocative debut about a family grappling with…
Jul 26, 2023 | Joe Melia
We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist. These 20 stories and writers remain in the running for this year’s top prize. Massive thanks to our judges: Abi Fellows, Dan Ross and Heather Marks for their commitment, vision and attentiveness in selecting the shortlist. Huge thanks, again, to our readers whose…
Jul 19, 2023 | Joe Melia
We’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize; we feel so grateful to have had the chance to read your stories. A big thank you, also, to our readers for the care and commitment they have shown in reading this year’s entries. It’s a huge…
Jul 15, 2023 | Joe Melia
A very happy publication day to David Frankel and his new short story collection, Forgetting is How We Survive. The book has been published by Salt in their Modern Stories series and is receiving great reviews. The acclaimed writer and short story supremo, Alison MacLeod, calls it “An unforgettable collection. Frankel is a fearless explorer…
Jul 04, 2023 | Joe Melia
Exciting news for Anne Corlett; her novel, The Theatre of Glass and Shadows, will be published by Black and White next year. Anne’s novel is the first acquisition for Black and White which is an imprint of Bonnier Books. Quoted on the publisher’s website, Publishing Director of Black and White, Sam Humphreys said: “As soon…
May 11, 2023 | Joe Melia
Happy publication day to Chetna Maroo and her debut novel, Western Lane, which is published today by Picador in the UK. The novel, which was published in the US earlier this year, has been receiving fantastic reviews: ‘Terrific . . . Slim, subtle, moving . . . a bold book and a quietly brilliant one’…
