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Waving at the Gardener: The Asham Award Short-Story Collection

Waving at the Gardener: The Asham Award Short-Story Collection

by KatePullinger (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

'As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world' Virginia Woolf Asham House in Sussex was once home to Virginia and Leonard Woolf and is the inspiration behind the Asham Award. Launched in 1996 to support and encourage new writers, it is Britain's only prize for short stories by women. Waving at the Gardener presents the twelve fresh, engaging and original voices shortlisted for the Asham Short-Story Award 2009, as well as four specially commissioned new stories by beloved authors Margaret Atwood, Esther Freud, Alison MacLeod and Yiyun Li.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0747598762
ISBN 13: 9780747598763
Book Overview: The Asham Award is a biennial award for short stories by women which, since 1996, has been promoting and encouraging innovative, ground-breaking writing for the future Features four commissioned writers (Margaret Atwood, Esther Freud, Alison MacLeod and Yiyun Li) and twelve finalists of the Asham Award 2009 Published to coincide with the prize-giving ceremony for the Asham Award 2009 at the Small Wonder Festival. The judges this year are Di Speirs, Erica Wagner and David Constantine

Media Reviews
'The writing is top quality, regardless of the individual authors' fame, and there's something here for everyone' Glamour 'One of the most pleasurable aspects of this anthology is its combining of excellent new stories alongside the work of newcomers' The Times 'A timely reminder of the bite-sized pleasures to be tasted and savoured in glittering glimpses of love, loss and dry cleaning' Independent 'A clutch of subtle, sensual stories about love, friendship, motherhood and the destructive habits of chickens Under the circumstances, it's hard not to talent-spot' Observer
Author Bio
Kate Pullinger's books include the novels Weird Sister, The Last Time I Saw Jane, Where Does Kissing End? and A Little Stranger, and the short-story collections, My Life as a Girl in a Men's Prison and Tiny Lies. Kate also writes for film and radio as well as for digital media; you can find her latest multi-media piece, The Breathing Wall, at www.katepullinger.com.