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The BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (Paperback) Loot Price: R244
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (Paperback): James Runcie

The BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (Paperback)

James Runcie; Richard Smyth, Lucy Caldwell, Rory Gleeson, Georgina Harding, Danny Rhodes

Series: The BBC National Short Story Award

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A group of teenage boys take turns assessing each other's changing bodies before a Friday night disco... A grieving woman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow traveller on a night train to Kiev... An unusually well-informed naturalist is eyed with suspicion by his comrades on a forest exhibition with a higher purpose... The stories shortlisted for the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University take place in liminal spaces - their characters find themselves in transit, travelling along flight paths, train lines and roads, or in moments where new opportunities or directions suddenly seem possible. From the reflections of a new mother flying home after a funeral, to an ailing son's reluctance to return to the village of his childhood, these stories celebrate small kindnesses in times of turbulence, and demonstrate a connection between one another that we might sometimes take for granted. The BBC NSSA is one of the most prestigious prizes for a single short story, with the winning author receiving GBP15,000, and four further shortlisted authors GBP600 each. James Runcie is joined on the judging panel by a group of acclaimed writers and critics including: Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Fiona Mozley; award winning writer, poet and winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, Derek Owusu; multi-award winning Irish novelist and short story writer, Donal Ryan; and returning judge, Di Speirs, Books Editor at BBC Radio.

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Imprint: Comma Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The BBC National Short Story Award
Release date: September 2021
Introduction by: James Runcie
Authors: Richard Smyth • Lucy Caldwell • Rory Gleeson • Georgina Harding • Danny Rhodes
Dimensions: 170 x 110 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-1-912697-49-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
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LSN: 1-912697-49-1
Barcode: 9781912697496

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