The Weight of the Earth and the Lightness of the Human Heart, from Linda Cracknell’s collection The Searching Glance is an afternoon reading on BBC Radio 4 this Friday 4th July at 3.30pm. Read more* …

The ‘quietness’ of the short story genre means less attention for writers on the whole, so the most obvious first question to ask is: why write short stories, as they’re a difficult genre to publish and sell?Although I’ve written in other forms, the sh …

Luke Kennard The award-winning author of The Solex Brothers on anger, reading Snoopy and fiddling with magnets Interview by Sarah Kinson Tuesday June 24, 2008 guardian.co.uk Read more here: http://books.guardian.co.uk/whyiwrite/story/0,,2287038,00.html …

The West Cork Literary Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, with a wonderful lineup of novelists, poets short fiction writers, workshops, readings, competitions, even a ‘literary dating agency’! The short story is celebrated particularl …

Adam Phillips is impressed at the broadening out of Australian poetry visible in Andrew Sant?s new collection: Poetry A high-speed read Poet Andrew Sant’s pacey new collection Speed & Other Liberties is fascinating, says Adam Phillips Sunday June 15, 2 …