Short Stories

Winding Up the Week #146

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 21/11/2020 • ( 10 )

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.

Winding Up the Week #116

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 11/04/2020 • ( 32 )

This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Daphne du Maurier reading week, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.

THOUGHTS ON: Public library and other stories

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 17/01/2019 • ( 22 )

A splendidly inventive collection of short stories from Ali Smith, author of How to be both, winner of the Baileys Women’s Prize and the Costa Novel Award.

BOOK REVIEW: The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 30/11/2018 • ( 21 )

A collection of Franz Kafka’s short stories showcasing his dark imagination and wry humour.

1944 CLUB: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 15/10/2018 • ( 31 )

Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1944 Club.

Margaret Atwood: The Works

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 09/10/2018 • ( 53 )

A comprehensive checklist of Margaret Atwood’s publications from 1961 to the present day.

BOOK REVIEW: The Cake Tree in the Ruins

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 21/09/2018 • ( 23 )

A necessarily brief review (I’m posting this from a sandy beach in Cyprus) of a dark but inventive short story collection set on 15th August 1945 – the day Japan surrendered and the Second World War formerly ended.

THOUGHTS ON: 24 Stories: of Hope for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire

By Paula Bardell-Hedley on 05/07/2018 • ( 14 )

We look at an anthology of short stories written on themes of community and hope by a mix of the UK’s best known writers and previously unpublished authors, whose pieces were chosen by Kathy Burke from over 250 entries.