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Apr.01.2013
It's always nice when the first of the month brings some good news! And this came after 12 so it's not a joke... but it seems that My Mother Was An Upright Piano has been shortlisted in the Best Story Collection section of Sabotage's Saboteur's Indie Lit awards. I had no idea it had even...
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Sep.28.2012
I'm not a very good blogger these days, I am sorry. If you take a look at the previous post you'll see what's keeping me busy - and there are other things i'm doing that aren't on the list too, a bit of a whirlwind time right now. But frankly, it's all writing-related, and it's ALL good! Last...
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Sep.28.2012
By the time this blog post goes up I will be in Plymouth for my event tonight at the Central Library as part of the first Plymouth International Book Fest - do come if you are in the area, we kick off at 6.30pm!
I am around and about a lot over the next 8 weeks and I wanted to list all my...
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Aug.17.2012
This was going to be another mini-rant in the style of last year's complaint about some literary agents who have a "no response means no" policy, but then I started thinking. Over the past 8 years or so I've been in touch with maybe 20 literary agents, in the UK, US and Canada, and heard about...
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Jul.05.2012
I have just had quite an amazing month in the USA and am going to attempt to sum it up, as if that was ever possible, or at least sort out some of the thoughts in my head into some coherence! So, the first two weeks I spent at the amazing Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences in the...
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Jun.20.2012
By the miracle of technology, I am writing this on a bus in America! I wanted to wish you all Happy International Short Story Day today, June 20th, the shortest day in the southern hemisphere...and the shortest night in the northern hemisphere.
And... by the miracle of technology I am delighted to...
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May.03.2012
It's here! My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions is officially published today! Wow. I can't quite believe I am now the author of two books, two gorgeous books full of fictions. I'm very lucky. In a minute I'll invite you to head over to my newly-redesigned website taniahershman.com to...
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Apr.23.2012
In honour of World Book Day today, April 23rd, over at the Short Review we thought we'd step out of our English-speaking world and do a round-up of all the short story collections in translation that we have reviewed over the past 4 and a half years... Here they are: pick something you might...
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Apr.12.2012
Well, it's all kicking off now! I'm delighted to announce that my new collection, published May 3rd, is now available for pre-order!
A collection of 56 short fictions, here are a few lovely things I cajoled writers I greatly admire to say about it:
"Funny, fresh, lyrical. ...
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Apr.02.2012
I'm in Edinburgh for 2 weeks- more on that shortly. But in the meantime, what a thrill that my soon-to-be-published second collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, has been longlisted for the 2012 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award! As you will see below, it is a looong...
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Jan.16.2012
that I'm having another book! Now that the contract is signed, I can reveal that my second collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, will be published by excellent Bristol publisher Tangent Books. It will be a collection of fifty or so very short flash fictions written over the past few...
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Dec.22.2011
This has definitely got to be one of the highlights of my year - a year which began with my short story in science journal Nature ends with my science-inspired short story in science magazine New Scientist's Dec 24th print edition, available worldwide! It's not available online, so if you fancy...
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Nov.08.2011
www.theshortreview.com
Happy birthday! This month The Short Review, the journal I founded and edit, turns four years old. In that time, 439 story collections and anthologies have been reviewed, by our forty or so reviewers worldwide, and over 250 authorsinterviewed... We all do what...
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Sep.27.2011
I'm recovering from a packed ten days, first at the Cork International Short Story Festival and then this past weekend at the Small Wonder short story festival. Both were wonderful, but the reason I decided to treat myself and go to both is rather less wonderful. I've been feeling depressed...
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Aug.11.2011
It may be seen as ridiculous to be worrying about short stories - about fiction, about the arts in general - when looters are smashing windows around England, burning down buildings. It's a scary time. I feel it's been a scary time for quite a while now. How can I ask you to sign a petition to...
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About Tania
A former science journalist, I am now a full-time fiction writer. Born in London, England, I lived in Jerusalem, Israel, from 1994 - 2009 and now live in Bristol, UK. My second collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions , is published by Tangeng...
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