news
2012
february
I'm delighted that my short short story, The Beam Line,
is the winner of Diamond Light Reading's synchrotron-inspired flash
fiction competition, and will be published in the winners' anthology! You can read the story here.
My story Into The Waiting Arms of God has been shortlisted for the Unbound Press/Spilling Ink Flash Fiction contest.
january
I'm thrilled to announce that my second collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, will be published in Spring 2012 by Tangent Books!
I'm delighted that my poem, Dreams of a Tea Seller, has been commended in the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition.
I am interviewed at Winning Words which has chosen The White Road and Other Stories as its first book club pick.
2011
december
My short short, Dissolving, is published in r.kv.r.y's Winter issue.
Metazen has
nominated my flash fiction, The
Watch My Father Wanted, for the Micro award, alongside
Marcus Speh's excellent Swingers.
More information here.
My science-inspired story, Experimentation,
is published in the December 24th issue of New Scientist, available worldwide. It is also published on the New Scientist blog.
I am currently doing
a mini-writing-residency running a creative writing workshop for asylum
seekers at Bristol Refugee Rights, as part of English PEN's
Big Writing for a Small World project.
I am delighted to have been invited to participate in the Poets versus Proseurs event at the Not The Oxford Literary festival in March 2012.
More details soon.
My flash story, The beam line,
is one of those in the running for the Diamond Light Reading flash
fiction competition. Read the entries and vote for your favourite here.
My flash story, Burrowing
Blind, is published on Metazen.
I have been chosen as one of the Edinburgh-based Genomics Forum's Bright Ideas Fellows for 2012 and will be
writer-in-residence there in April.
My short short story, Dissolving,
has been accepted for publication in r.kv.r.y magazine in January.
november
I'm delighted
that my short short, The Tragedy of
Tragic Men,
has been shortlisted for PANK magazine's 1001 Awesome Words contest,
(my third shortlisting in this contest in three years) and will be
published in Feb 2012.
The video interview I did is now up at Ink Tears. I'm talking about short stories,
reading, writing, the perfect short story etc...
I'm thrilled to announce that my science-inspired story, Experimentation, will be published
in the December 24th issue of New Scientist!
My flash story Move Quickly Now has
just been published in Beat The Dust.
I am this month's
Cyprus Well South West writer in profile, read the interview here.
october
Tickets are now available
for the "Joy of Short Stories" event I am doing with the wonderful Mike Manson
at
Emersons Green library on Nov 9th in celebration of National Short
Story Week! Booking is also open for the two flash
fiction workshops I am running together with Vanessa Gebbie,
Bridport Open Book Festival on Fri 25th Nov and Sat 26th Nov. Click on the dates for more information -
and come along to either, or both!
I am chatting about my thoughts on short stories and flash fiction over
at Ink Tears.
My prose poem, Like Owls,
is included in the new issue of Specs Journal, which is available in
print only. But you can see a video of me reading the poem here!
I am by Tim at the LitRefs blog about fiction, science, science fiction
etc...
My very short story All Activity is
Silent has
just been published in kill author.
september
My flash story, The Watch My Father Wanted, has just been
published in Metazen, Timeless
is in the latest issue of .Cent
magazine (page 13) and Waving on
the Moon is in the Fall issue of A capella Zoo. My short poem, Moss, is in the current issue of Alba.
Ramola D, a fantastic short
story writer, interviewed me, Robin Black and Liam Callahan about the
notion of authors building a "literary platform" over at the Los Angeles Review, an interesting topic.
I'm the September guest editor over at National Short Story Week, talking about some
recent collections I love and what's coming up this month for short
stories.
I'm delighted to be reading as part of the launch of 2012 Bristol
Short Story prize at Foyles Bristol, October 18th 6.15pm-7.30pm. More details here.
august
I'm talking about Noticing in a guest blog post over at Flash
Fiction Chronicles.
My story, All Activity is Silent,
has been accepted for Issue 15 of Kill Author, to be published in
October.
My story, Colours Shift and Fade,
which was first published several years ago in the Vestal Review, will
be included in the Frogmore Press' "Languages of Colour" anthology.
I'm delighted that my flash story, Her
Dirt,
which was inspired by the 'Dirt' exhibition (on til Aug 31st) at
the Wellcome Collection - a fantastic institution "exploring the
connections between medicine, life and art" - is published on the Wellcome
Collection blog, the first time the blog has featured flash fiction!
july
BREAKING
NEWS: The BBC, which calls itself "the world's leading
broadcaster of short stories and a staunch and long-time supporter of
the form" is cutting the Afternoon
reading programme, their premier showcase for short stories, to once a
week. Read more here and have your say.
ShortStoryVille,
the Bristol Short Story Prize's one day extravaganza is happening
on July 16th
at the Arnolfini, Bristol! Check it out. I am chairing a discussion on
reading short stories, you can book tickets here.
june
My Story, We Watched Him On Our
Screens, inspired by a photograph, has been turned into a typograph and is part of
the Photo
Stories exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Typographs are
also for sale. More information here.
Litmus, Comma Press' "Short Stories
from Modern Science" anthology, which includes my specially-comissioned
story, We Are All Made of Protein
But Some of Us Glow More Than Others, is now available. Click here for more information.
My story In Memoriam, has
received an Honorable Mention in The Binnacle's Eighth Ultra-Short
Story Competition and will be published in the Ultra-Short issue.
My story, Disease Relics, is
published in Issue 1 of Australian magazine Inky
Squib. I am interviewed by Jen Campbell over on her excellent blog.
may
I am quoted in a wonderful article in
London's Evening Standard on flash fiction, "Twitter
inspires a flash of genius".
The line-up has just been announced for ShortStoryVille,
the Bristol Short Story Prize's one day extravaganza on July 16th
at the Arnolfini, Bristol! Check it out. I am chairing a discussion on
reading short stories, you can book tickets here.
16-21 May 2011 I am a tutor, Arvon Foundation
short story course, together with Sarah
Salway.
Litmus, Comma Press' "Short Stories
from Modern Science" anthology, which includes my specially-comissioned
story, We Are All Made of Protein
But Some of Us Glow More Than Others, will be published on June
2nd. Click here for more information.
I am interviewed by the excellent Shortfire Press about short stories and writing.
My flash story, Vegetable Mineral,
has been included in Wigleaf's
2011 longlist of Top 50
Very Short Fictions .
My story Waving on the Moon
has been accepted for publication in A capella Zoo's next issue.
april
15th: 2 new
stories published today! In Triplicate, in Metazen, and Tiny Unborn Fish in Litro's Science issue
Unfortunately, due to
illness, I have had to cancel my participation in the short
story event at the Cambridge Wordfest. It will be great, please do
go if you are in the area!
My new
science-inspired short story, Tiny
Unborn Fish, is published in the Science-themed issue of Litro.
I have added a new Inspired By...
page to my website, with some fabulous videos are inspired by my short
stories. Do have a look...
I was recently
interviewed for a UK government careers website, Creative Choices, for
"careers in the creative and cultural industries". The article is here.
march
I am the guest
reader for an
Arvon Foundation schools course for pupils from my old school, South
Hampstead High, taught by the wonderful Naomi Alderman
and Frances
Leviston.
My flash story Retreating I
Retreated is published
in Metazen.
My story That Small Small Inch, which was a runner-up in PANK Magazine's 1,001 Awesome Words contest, is published in
their March issue.
My story Maneouvres is a semifinalist in the
Vestal Review Ten Years in Flash Fiction contest,
judged by Steve Almond. Winner announced March 31st.
March 16th I'm reading at the Wise
Words Festival, 6.30pm, Spitalfields, London, along with Jay
Merill, Sarah Salway, Elizabeth Baines, Catherine Smith and Susannah
Rickards.
My short story, Graveside, has been published on Necessary
Fiction, my second "Mary Margaret" story. And two flash stories, Retreating I Retreated and In Triplicate, have been accepted
by Metazen, and a prose poem, Like
Owls, by Specs.
A little advance notice: I
am chairing a Salt Publishing session on
short stories with wonderful Salt authors Vanessa Gebbie and Andre
Mangeot at Cambridge WordFest. Book tickets here.
I am thrilled that
The White
Road and Other Stories is included on a list of "10 collections to
celebrate the strength of British short story writers" compiled by Booktrust!
My lab-inspired flash story, Tiny
Unborn Fish, has been accepted for the science-themed issue of
the excellent London literary magazine, Litro.
february
I am running a
flash fiction workshop at Jewish Book Week on the 28th. Click here for more details.
I did a live Q&A tonight (Feb 17th) on the excellent Thresholds Short Story Forum, pop in between
7.30pm-9pm, UK time, and you can read all the excellent questions and
my answers here.
My short story Graveside
has been accepted for the March Irish-themed issue of Necessary
Fiction. It's a first for me: the first time I've had a story published
which features a character I have written about before, in this
instance Mary Margaret, who was the main character in my story Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon,
broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007 and 3rd prize winner in the 2008
Momaya Press short story competition.
january
I have had a
poem accepted for the next issue of Alba, A Journal of Short Poetry.
I have been asked to take
part in an event at the Wise Words festival in London on March
16th at 6.30pm, reading with such fabulous writers as Jay Merill,
Elizabeth Baines, Sarah Salway, Susannah Rickards and Catherine Smith.
More details here.
My short story, the Perfect Egg,
is published in the 13 Jan issue of Nature. Read it here or download the PDF.
My first
publication of the new year - a short story inspired by the discovery
of Green Fluorescent Protein, We Are All Made of
Protein But Some of Us Glow More Than Others,
written as part of Comma Press' Eureka project. And, carrying on in the
science-related vein, I have reviewed a collection of "laboratory fairy
tales" for LabLit.
Also, booking is now open for Jewish Book Week and I will be running a
flash fiction workshop there on Feb 28th, more details here.
2010
december
I have created a new section on my short stories page
for my science-inspired fiction that's available online. Do check it
out.
The
British Society for Cell Biology's Science Writing Competition
which I am honoured to be judging this year has extended the deadline
to 31st january, so still time to get your entries in!
november
The White Road and Other Stories
has received a very nice review in Flash
magazine (print only).
Come celebrate the short
story! I'm
hosting an event in Bristol on Wed 24th, a celebration of the short
story with readings by 12 local authors in honour of National Short
Story Week! It will be in Blackwell's book shop, see here
for more details. And then I will be taking part in the Future of Science event at the Dana Centre,
London, the next day, Thursday 25th.
I have been awarded a fellowship to the Hawthornden Castle writers'
retreat for next summer.
I took part in the launch of the ShedFest anthology, raising money for
the Pakistan Flood Appeal. Buy one here.
My story That Small Small Inch has been shortlisted for PANK Magazine's
2011 1,001 Awesome Words contest and will be published in March 2011.
october
My story, The Family is published in Metazen.
You can hear me reading my story, Vegetable Mineral, in the new issue of the
excellent audio magazine 4'33". My prose poem, A Scar Sits Above My
Heart, is published by the Prose Poem Project
september
My flash story, The Family, has been accepted for
publication by Metazen, and my prose poem, A Scar Sits Above My Heart, for the
Winter issue of the Prose Poem Project.
I had a wonderful time at the
Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival in Cork, ireland! I did a reading
of several new flash stories and my "Irish" story, Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon,
read flash fiction in support of Irish support of the arts, appeared on
a panel discussing the Short Story and New Media (and saw a Kindle for
the first time) and presented the Sean O'Faolain short story award to
the winner. See my blog for the full results.
I judged, along with Sue Guiney and Brian Clegg, a wonderful
science-inspired fiction and poetry open mic night at the British
Science Festival. Thanks to all who came, congratulations to winner
Heather Wastie!
My flash story, Vegetable
Mineral, which was a finalist in PANK's first 1001 Awesome
Words competition, is published in the September issue.
I have a guest blog post up at Tomlit about how a writer
needs to trust her reader, and I tell the "story" of
How I Got Published on How Publishing Really Works, to commemorate the
2nd anniversary of The White Road
and Other Stories.
11th I read my shed
story, Drizzling, and two new
flash stories at the first ever ShedFest in Bristol!
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
2012
Jan Guest writer, Arvon
Foundation schools course
Feb teaching Arvon
Foundation schools course.
March 6th, running
seminar on science-inspired fiction, Northern
Arts and Science Network, Leeds
March 28th reading at the Not The Oxford Literary Festival, Oxford
April Bright Ideas fellow, Genomics Forum, Edinburgh
April: running flash fiction workshop together with Vanessa Gebbie, for New Writing South. (more information soon)
May 7th: performing at Stand Up Tragedy, London
May 16th Judging flash
fiction slam, Oxford, in celebration of National Flash Fiction Day.
May 29th participating in panel discussion on short stories, Spread the Word, London.
Nov Co-tutoring an Arvon
Foundation short story course with Adam Marek. Booking
opens early 2012.
interviews
I
have
been interviewed by:
Winning Words
Cyprus
Well
Ink Tears (including a video here)
LitRefs
Jen Campbell
Shortfire Press
Creative Choices
Thresholds Short Story Forum (live Q&A)
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:
Collected Stories by Carol Emshwiller
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
The Life and Memoirs of Dr Pi by Edgar Bayley
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Selected Stories by Seán Ó Faoláin
Esther Stories by Peter Orner
Collected Stories by Janice Galloway
Davy
Byrnes Stories
What Becomes by AL Kennedy
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