Writing Britain Now: Isabel Waidner
An extract from ‘We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff’, plus an interview with the author
Archive: Fiction
Hard Borders by James Young
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Fiction category.
Third Person Female by Alicia Mietus
Winner of the QMUL Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019 for the Fiction category
She is Our Stupid by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s short story ‘She is Our Stupid’. ‘Ever heard of King Midas’s barber, who saw the king’s donkey ears and carried the secret until it became too much to bear? I could not hold it in any longer.’
Dead Tongues by Peter J Coles
Tabeko’s fans enjoy watching her eat online, so what will she do when her hunger goes missing?Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 in ‘Fiction’.
Last Evening’s Call with Mother by Melusi Nkomo
A phone call brings back memories from the past. Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 in the ‘Fiction’ Category.
The Window by Nicki Frith
Set over the 2017 general election, a shopkeeper discovers, with morbid consequences, that she can attract customers by dedicating her window display to the daily news. Shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Plunder by Deirdre Shanahan
Winner of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 for the Fiction category
Bobby by Sarah Frances Armstrong
Lydia and Amy are both expecting in this short story which delves into the emotional highs and lows of pregnancy. Shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2017
