Padrika Tarrant stories, hear them now!

Hear Padrika Tarrant read three stories from Broken Things, her Frank O’Connor nominated title.

Play Coffinwood (7.2 MB)

Play Cutpurse (6.6 MB)

Play Nightmare (2 [...]

Elizabeth Baines in Interview with Adrian Slatcher

‘Some New Ambush’ Longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Award

As well as being on the Frank O’Connor Longlist, Carys Davies’ collection of short stories, ‘Some New Ambush’ has been longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year: a longlist of 10, from over 200 entries.Here is a picture of Carys at the Longlist Award [...]

Linda Cracknell’s launch at The Watermill, Aberfeldy

Carys Davies’ launch at Dukes Theatre, Lancaster

Elizabeth Baines talks about her stories

Carys Davies reviewed in The Independent

Paperbacks: Some New AmbushReviewed by Christopher Hirst & Boyd TonkinFriday, 5 October 2007

Some New Ambush, By Carys Davies (Salt £8.99)

Already known for its poetry, Salt is developing an ever-stronger short-story list as well. The 15 pieces in Carys Davies’s darkly funny and unsettling collection usually begin with “quite small things”, only to [...]

Nicholas Clee on Padrika Tarrant’s Broken Things

The Weirdness of the EverydayNicholas Clee on Broken Things | Shadows in Wonderland

Saturday April 12, 2008The Guardian

Broken Things, by Padrika Tarrant (Salt, £12.99)In Padrika Tarrant’s fabulous, unsettling collection, psychosis offers surreal insights, with her protagonists feeling themselves blessed with an ability to see beyond the surface of things.

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Vanessa Gebbie’s launch at the Foundling Museum

Welcome to the Salt Frank O’Connor Prize blog!

For the second year running Salt has a wide range of new authors in the world’s leading short story prize: The Frank O’Connor Prize..

Check out the prizes titles:

BRITAIN (14 authors including 8 authors from Salt Publishing)

James Waddington (BRITAIN)TorcOgo Press, Honley, Holmfirth, UK

Clare Wigfall (BRITAIN)The Loudest Sound and Nothing Faber [...]