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Book of the Week in the Telegraph and Argus Read the review of the three new books in the Telegraph and Argus |
 
 
The Grist Anthology of New WritingWilliam Blake said that, 'he who does not imagine in minute particulars does not imagine at all.' The stories and poems in this collection represent some of the most daring, distinctive and boldly imaginative writing in English today. In every case, what impressed was the dramatisation of events. The collection features: Simon Armitage, Helen Simpson, Ian McMillan, Lemn Sissay and John Boyne. How to buyPost a cheque made payable to 'The University of Huddersfield' for £9.45.
GRIST Outside the AsylumOutside the Asylum is a collection of the best new short fiction now. It features 26 original short stories from established and emerging writers. These stories form round a single theme: that of dramatising in extremis personae. By its brevity, short fiction often focuses on one character, in one situation, isolated and adrift from others. Outside the Asylum celebrates the fragmentary and the partial in short fiction. Featuring: Melvin Burgess, Toby Litt and Alexei Sayle. Book of the Week in the Telegraph and ArgusHow to buyPost a cheque made payable to 'The University of Huddersfield' for £9.45.
GRIST A Complicated Way of Being Ignored'Writing poetry can sometimes feel like a complicated way of being ignored' CJ Allen Phones, parenthood, parking permits, Grayson Perry, office cleaners, camomile tea, cheese on toast and... er... throwing mothers into skips. This anthology features some of the boldest, freshest and best poetry around today. Darkly humorous, spine-tinglingly poignant, and compellingly readable... A Complicated Way of Being Ignored: contemporary, original and unpretentious. A review of the book by Ian McMillan in the Yorkshire PostHow to buyPost a cheque made payable to 'The University of Huddersfield' for £9.45.
GRIST A Call in the NightOne of three pamphlets of award winning short stories published Grist Books, an anthology publisher supported by the University of Hudddersfield. A dying man sits down to write a note to his infant son. Gabrielle Leimon is a Scottish born author and this is her first professionally published work. It is composed of stories written whilst studying at the University of Huddersfield. Gabrielle always wanted to write as it allows for a career of playing God, profanity and generally being praised for making stuff up. Read the review of the three new books in the Telegraph and ArgusHow to buyBuy at Amazon.co.ukCOWBOY GENESOne of three pamphlets of award winning short stories published Grist Books, an anthology publisher supported by the University of Huddersfield.
A woman who is recovering from surgery makes sense of her life by connecting to the harsh, stoic world of Westerns. Wes Lee is a poet and short fiction writer from the north of England, currently living in Wellington, New Zealand. She was the 2010 recipient of The BNZ Katherine Mansfield Literary Award, New Zealand's foremost award for the short story. Her writing has appeared in many of the major UK and NZ literary magazines; on BBC Radio and NZ's BFM, and has been widely anthologised. Read the review of the three new books in the Telegraph and ArgusHow to buyBuy hereBuy at Amazon.co.ukESCAPE KITOne of three pamphlets of award winning short stories published Grist Books, an anthology publisher supported by the University of Huddersfield. Bradley is a fourteen-year-old school boy who escapes his troubled home life to visit his grandparents in Stevenage. On the train there, he is held hostage by a deluded gunman who thinks he is an escaped PoW from WWII and that Bradley is a member of the Hitler Youth. Now Bradley must try and escape using his mobile phone. William Thirsk-Gaskill's novella is a gripping and beautifully told tale of innocence and experience. William Thirsk-Gaskill has had short stories published by Grist, The Fiction Desk, and 5 Minute Fiction. He is also a poet. His one-man show, Throwing Mother In The Skip, appeared at the 2013 Ilkley Literature Festival. His work deals with delusion, betrayal, loss, and self-discovery. His twitter name is @wthirskgaskill. Read the review of the three new books in the Telegraph and ArgusHow to buyBuy at Amazon.co.ukI You He She it: Experiments in ViewpointThe latest Grist Anthology is an innovative blend of some of the most exciting and freshest voices in prose and poetry today. It features five sections written from five distinct narrative viewpoints.
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