news
september
1st I read at Word of Mouth, at the Thunderbolt pub, Bristol.
august
I have just turned my (non-complete) list of UK & Ireland lit mags that publish short stories - 115 so far! - into a PDF file. Download the list.
My flash story, Vegetable Mineral, has just been accepted by a new audio short story magazine, 4'33, and will be published in the next few months, read by me.
14th: I did a book signing at Blackwell bookshop, Bristol, Park Street.
The fruits of my first gig as Fiction Editor are now published in Southword Issue 18. Enjoy!
I have just incorporated TheWhiteRoadandOtherStories.com into this website instead of its own site. Visit the www.taniahershman.com/thewhiteroad
section of the site to find out more about my short story collection -
including excerpts and reviews - about flash fiction and about
science-inspired fiction.
july
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I have just received a grant from Arts Council England
to write a collection of
biology-inspired short stories inspired both by a 100-year-old biology book and by spending time in the labs as
writer- in-residence in Bristol University's Science Faculty. I
am now blogging on the brand new Science
Faculty blog. Stop by to read my
latest tales from the lab. |
My story The Perfect Egg has been accepted for publication by Nature magazine for the Futures section, and my flash story, Einstein
Plays Guitar, has been accepted for publication by A capella Zoo.
I am taking
part in the Oxfam 24-hour Readathon at Oxfam Books, 91
Marylebone Hight Street, on July 5th.
I am going to be on the Radio 4 program Off the Page on July 8th talking about science and about being writer in residence.
june
A week of my flash stories is being broadcast on BBC
Radio 4's Afternoon Reading, on Tues June 29th, Wed June 30th and
Thurs July
1st, 3.30-3.45 pm UK time, and then available for 7 days afterwards
online. One story is featured on Radio 4's Pick of the Week.
may
Two short short
stories inspired by
Elizabeth Bishop's poetry have just been published in Issue 4 of the
Horizon Review. A new review of The White Road and Other Stories, is published in the Huffington Post as part of Short Story month.
The
wonderful fundraising 100 Stories for Haiti is now available as an
audiobook, with audio versions of 20 of the stories, including my
story, Mugs. Available on Audible.com and iTunes. Get it now!
march
Seán Ó
Faoláin Short Story Competition, which I am judging, has just opened for
entries (deadline July 31st).
Click on the link for more
about how to submit, and read my recent blog post for
hints about the stories I
love to read.
My Flickering Self is published in Contrary Magazine's Spring Issue.
Mugs
is included in the wonderful 100 Stories for Haiti anthology, whose
proceeds are donated to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Please buy
a copy now and support the cause.
Think of
Icebergs and London
Park are published in Litro's March "Climate" issue.
feb
Two flash
stories I wrote
inspired by the poetry of Elizabeth
Bishop, She Herself Was Gone and Of Fish and Bread and Tea, have been
accepted for the next issue of the Horizon Review.
Think of
Icebergs and
London Park have been accepted for Litro's March "Climate" issue.
Plaits has been accepted for Short Fuse's March 10th hair-themed
reading event!
Exchange
Rates, a play I
adapted from my short story, won the Total
Beast 6-minute play competition and was
performed in London on
31st January 2010.
jan
I have
recently posted a (non-complete) 2010 list of UK & Ireland lit mags
that publish short
stories on my blog. which may be
of interest to short story writers.
I am the
current Fiction Editor of Southword magazine, one of the judges for
both the Bristol
Short Story Prize and the Brit Writers' Awards. Click on the links for more
about how to submit.
My Article
on the joys of short stories, "Stopping to Smell the Miniature Roses" is
published in Bellatrista.
Exchange
Rates, a play I
adapted from my short story, is a finalist in the Total
Beast 6-minute play competition and will be
performed, together with the other shortlisted entries, in London on
31st January 2010. For more details, click here.
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events
Sept 15th I am judging a
science-Inspired Open Mic night at British Science Festival, Birmingham
Sept 16th I
am reading at the
Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival, Cork
Sept 19th I will be presenting the Sean O'Faolain short story prize at the
Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival, Cork
Sept 23rd I am running a workshop on research-inspired fiction at the Engage conference at Bristol University.
Sept 24th
Together with Vanessa Gebbie, I am reading and discussing flash fiction at the
Small Wonder Festival, Charleston, UK
Nov 21-28 Events in Bristol for National Short Story Week. More details soon.
Jan 2011 I am judging the British Society for Cell Biology's Science Writing Competition.
May 2011 Tutor, Arvon Foundation short story course, together with Sarah Salway.
interviews
I
have
been interviewed by:
Smokelong Quarterly
The
Jewish Chronicle
WriteWords
Nik
Perring
WritingNeuroses
Normblog
Nicola Morgan
Andrew Philips
and by 11
blogs during my Virtual Book Tour 2008.
For
information on the tour,
click here.
I
provide short story critiquing & editing through The
Writers'
Workshop.
Please contact them for more details. |
book reviews
Short story collections I have recently reviewed for The Short Review:
Esther Stories by Peter Orner
Collected Stories by Janice Galloway
Davy Byrnes Stories
What Becomes by AL Kennedy
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