Purporting to be Correspondence …

… between Jonathan Pinnock, Gentleman, author of Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens and Another.

Sir,

It has come to my notice by nefarious means (missive from one Colonel Granville of the VII Hussars, smelling oddly of manure and essence of bergamot) that you might have written one of these books called a novel, entitled [...]

Summer Reading Dilemma?

If you’re wondering what reading to pack for your summer getaway, perhaps the latest review of David Roses’s Vault will help you decide. ‘A confident, ambitious, and thoughtful debut’ writes Christopher Burns in the Warwick Review.

Vault is David Rose’s first novel although he has been writing and placing stories in literary magazines for [...]

Join The Method Readathon!

Train tickets are booked and trousers are pressed in preperation for next Thursday’s announcement of the winners of the annual Edge Hill awards for short fiction.

Last year we were delighted that Nuala Ni Chonchuir’s Nude was shortlisted. This year we are thrilled that Tom Vowler, with his Scott Prize winning debut, The Method [...]

‘Highly Recommended’: the Times reviews The Best British Short Stories 2011

Salt’s The Best British Short Stories 2011 has been reviewed by Kate Saunders in the Times, who describes it as being ‘Highly recommended’. The book, edited by Nicholas Royle, is the first in an annual series compiling the best short stories published in the UK over the previous 12 months.

‘It’s so good that it’s [...]

The 2011 Scott Prize Winners are Announced

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2011 Scott Prize for debut collections of short stories. This prize forms part of Salt’s commitment to the short story and to our mission to discover and nurture new talent from around the English-speaking world.

From almost 60 entries and a shortlist of 10, [...]

Vanessa Gebbie in Interview with Jonathan Pinnock

I’ve long been a fan of Vanessa Gebbie’s work, ever since I stumbled into the internet writing world a few years back and kept coming across her name – generally in connection with a high-profile competition win or publication in some prestigious magazine or other. I bought her first collection Words from [...]

Booktrust Double for Salt Short Stories

We are thrilled and delighted that , the highly-respected charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to enjoy books, has selected two Salt books in its Ten Short Story Collections from British Writers.

Tania Hershman’s White Road and Other Stories, together with Words from a Glass Bubble by Vanessa Gebbie, sit [...]

Celebrate International Woman’s Day

Help celebrate the centenary of International Woman’s Day by coming along to an evening of readings by some of Salt’s finest women authors and contributors, hosted by Wisewords Bookclub.

On Wednesday, 16th March

Novelist and short story writer, Elizabeth Baines; The editor of the Short Review and short story writer, Tania [...]

The Scott Prize Shortlist is Announced

With apologies for the delay and thanks to everyone who submitted and has waited so patiently, we are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Scott Prize for debut collections of short stories. This prize forms part of Salt’s commitment to the short story and to our mission to discover and nurture [...]

David Gaffney’s new book is reviewed in the TLS

We are thrilled and delighted that David Gaffney’s new collection of short and very short stories The Half-Life of Songs, has been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement by Nicholas Clee.

“… loaded with potent charges, insidious and cumulative in their effects. In Gaffney’s fiction thoughts take physical form, and the material world has [...]