Category: Cornwall in Short

Cornwall in Short Book Launch

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The book launch of our lovely anthology, Cornwall in Short, will take place in the Reading Room of The Morrab Library at 2pm on Saturday 14th December –

“Join editors Peter McAllister and Kate Horsley, along with a number of contributing writers at this, the launch of Cornwall in Short. Authors such as Tim Hannigan, Emma Timpany, Rob Magnuson Smith, Adrian Markle and Clare Howdle feature in this collection of Cornish writing. Hear some of them read their work at this event before taking part in a short Q&A.

Tickets are allocated by a ballot system. Please email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk or call 01736 364474 to be entered into the ballot for a ticket. The ballot closes on Thursday 5th December. Entry to this event is free but donations are welcomed to help support The Morrab Library (suggested £5). Refreshments will be provided after the talk.”

Inkfish Press

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Inkfish Press

We are selectively publishing work in the form of paperback and hardback books aimed at independent booksellers and with a focus on high quality production values and beautiful artwork. Currently, we are open for both agented and un-agented submissions for prose chapbooks (flash fiction, creative nonfiction, or short stories), poetry chapbooks, experimental and hybrid chapbooks and novellas-in-flash.

Cornwall in Short

A Collection of Cornish Writing

Edited by Kate Horsley and P.T. McAllister

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PRAISE FOR CORNWALL IN SHORT

“Quality storytelling from terrific writers. The collection has ghosts and storms, love challenged and rewarded, triumphs and heartaches, ancient Cornish traditions, vivid characters, wild seas and lands and skies. I jumped from one story to the next, happy for each adventure.”––Martin Goodman, BMA Book award winning author of Suffer & Survive and On Bended Knees

“What a joy to read a collection of short stories with such freshness and sense of adventure!” –Mick Jackson, Booker and Whitbread shortlisted author of The Underground Man and Ten Sorry Tales

“A compelling collection in which each story captures something different about the dynamic interaction between people and places.” —Professor Lynne Pearce, author of Drivetime and Romance Writing

“This brilliantly diverse collection beckons the reader back and forth over the Tamar, in behind closed doors and down unfamiliar street passages, over to fenced-off mineshafts and shallow waters where loss is confronted and the tantalising lure of escapism awaits.” —Aspier Magazine

Authors in this Anthology: Rebecca Johnson Bista, Anastasia Gammon, Tim Hannigan, Kate Horsley, Clare Howdle, Adrian Markle, Tim Martindale, P. T. McAllister, Rob Magnuson Smith, Mark Plummer, Katherine Stansfield, Jackie Taylor, Karen Taylor, Shelley Trower, Emma Timpany, Tom Vowler, Ella Walsworth-Bell, Elaine Ruth White and Becky Wildman.

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Our second edition celebrated Cornish writers and artists and was so lovely to assemble that we decided to release the prose from it as a paper anthology, with generous support from the Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Memorial Fund Award.

On the rocks at Carne, flotsam washes in alongside memories of lost love. A family picnic at Lostwithiel leads to the rediscovery of ancient Cornish language stories. In The Three Ferrets at St Ives, a weary barmaid dreams of sailing away on a yacht with a dubious stranger, and a man in search of love is tricked by the Queen of Fey at Rough Tor.

This captivating anthology showcases Cornwall’s most exciting contemporary writers, both established and emerging. This is an amazing range of new short stories and non-fiction that makes Cornwall feel fresh and unexpected; writing that engages with folklore, history, and landscape in an emotionally compelling way, celebrating a love of Cornish history and wildlife. Moving through time and space with each story, you’ll find contemporary retellings of folklore, compelling memoirs, and flash fictions that brim with tension and discovery.

Cover Design: The work of our cover artist is rooted in the Cornish landscape. Mark Holman’s creative practice draws on parallel lives as a horticulturalist and visual artist. His beautiful ink drawing of a foxglove growing on the coast of Marazion reflects his work on sustainability and the entanglement of humans and plants within the environment.

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