New Writing 13

by Toby Litt (Editor & Introduction), Ali Smith (Editor & Introduction)

Other authors: Arts Council England (Editor), Kate Atkinson (Contributor), Paul Bailey (Contributor), Nicola Barker (Contributor), John Berger (Contributor) — 42 more, John Burnside (Contributor), Ciaran Carson (Contributor), Louise Doughty (Contributor), Ian Duhig (Contributor), Paul Ewen (Contributor), Frances Gapper (Contributor), Ismail B. Garba (Contributor), Niall Griffiths (Contributor), Vicky Grut (Contributor), Romesh Gunesekera (Contributor), Jen Hadfield (Contributor), Steven Hall (Contributor), Ramona Herdman (Contributor), Peter Hobbs (Contributor), James Hopkin (Contributor), A.S. Irvine (Contributor), Tim Jarvis (Contributor), Jackie Kay (Contributor), Daren King (Contributor), Azmeena Ladha (Contributor), Nick Laird (Contributor), John Logan (Contributor), David Mitchell (Contributor), Edwin Morgan (Contributor), Lawrence Norfolk (Contributor), Maggie O’Farrell (Contributor), Martin Ouvry (Contributor), Donald Paterson (Contributor), Tony Peake (Contributor), Emily Perkins (Contributor), Nicholas Pierpan (Contributor), Tom Pow (Contributor), Monique Roffey (Contributor), Shyam Selvadurai (Contributor), Kamila Shamsie (Contributor), Heloise Shepherd (Contributor), Helen Simpson (Contributor), Muriel Spark (Contributor), Neil Stewart (Contributor), Matt Thorne (Contributor), Fay Weldon (Contributor), Gerard Woodward (Contributor)

Series: British Council New Writing (13)

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Book description

Contents:

Introduction

Muriel Spark / Authors’ Ghosts {poem}
Niall Griffiths / Adrenalin
Nicola Barker / Darkmans {novel extract}
Ciaran Carson / The Lemon Trees {poem}
Ciaran Carson / Ballad Written in a Hospital {poem}
Lawrence Norfolk / The Words on the Page and the Noise in My Head
Jackie Kay / Husky {poem}
Martin Ouvry / Narcissus
Ramona Herdman / Eight poems
Tim Jarvis / Beyond the Pale
Gerard Woodward / Ecopoesis {poems}
Peter Hobbs / Deep Blue Sea
David Mitchell / Hangman
Steven Hall / Stories for a Phone Book
Azmeena Ladha / Twenty Gods and the Pomegranate Seeds
John Burnside / Annunciation with Unknown Bird {poem}
John Burnside / Annunciation with a Garland of Self-Heal {poem}
John Burnside / Annunciation with impending rainstorm: pasó un ángel {poem}
Romesh Gunesekera / Goat
Frances Gapper / Teeth and Hair
Paul Bailey / The Stricken Nightingale
Donald Paterson / The Chain
Fay Weldon / A Little Nest of Pedagogues
Ismail B. Garba / Metaphors {poem}
Ismail B. Garba / Song {poem}
Ismail B. Garba / Batteries in April {poem}
Ismail B. Garba / Places {poem}
Tony Peake / A Portrait
Paul Ewen / Two Pub Reviews
A.S. Irvine / Novel
Ian Duhig / My Grandfather’s Seed Fiddle {poem}
Ian Duhig / From The Play of Daniel {poem}
Ian Duhig / Coda {poem}
Shyam Selvadurai / Book of Chairs {novel extract}
Maggie O’Farrell / The uncle’s house {poem}
Kamila Shamsie / Miscarriage
James Hopkin / Even the Crows Say Krakow
Emily Perkins / Early morning gutter relationship
Nick Laird / The Angels {poem}
Daren King / Let’s Get Things Sorted
Jen Hadfield / Melodeon on the Road Home {poem}
Matt Thorne / Mind Reader
Neil Stewart / Crystal
Louise Doughty / Doikitsa
Vicky Grut / Stranger
John Logan / Sometimes All the World Comes Down
Nicholas Pierpan / Under the Real Language of Men {poem}
Monique Roffey / Finale
Tom Pow / The Last Vision of Angus McKay {poem}
Kate Atkinson / Gloria {novel extract}
Helen Simpson / In the Driving Seat
Heloise Shepherd / The Petrol Pump on the Hongor Road
John Berger / Islington
Edwin Morgan / Gorgo and Beau