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Fertile Soil
Katerina Gibson
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the Pacific region.
Remembering Janet Malcolm
Sigrid Rausing
‘The book is in my studio and I am about to go out and buy fresh glue’.
In Conversation
Louise Kennedy & Sarah Moss
Two Ireland-based writers discussing national identity, disappointing holidays and art deco china.
Gororau (Borderlands)
Elizabeth O’Connor
‘Tad took down any picture of Mam the week after she died. He said they would bring bad luck to the house.’
A story set in rural Wales.
Unbury Our Dead with Song
Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
A Kenyan journalist falls in love with the Tizita, popularly called Ethiopian blues, in this extract from Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ’s new novel.
The Disappearance of Mumma Dell
Roland Watson-Grant
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of the Caribbean
In Conversation
Natasha Brown & Victoria Adukwei Bulley
A discussion about exhaustion, refusal and the beginner’s mindset.
Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok
Emma Larkin
‘Comrade Aeon had been changed by his years in the jungle.’
My Father’s Lover Was Never the Stepdad I Wanted Him to Be
Isabel Waidner
A letter to footballer Justin Fashanu – excerpted from Isabel Waidner’s novel Sterling Karat Gold.
Turnstones
Carol Farrelly
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize from the region of Canada and Europe.
