North by Jackie Kay
Well-known names of leading Scottish authors and totally unknown, talented new writers are all to be found in this volume of the very best entries to Britain's biggest and most prestigious short story competition - The Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award, 2004. Entrants were given a single word - 'North' - as a trigger to set their creativity loose. They were asked to compose stories that explored the meaning of 'North' in whatever way they wanted. More than one thousand entries were received and the resulting collection is a clear indicator of the sheer wealth of talent emerging in Scotland today.
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Glasgow. She has published three collections of poetry, the first of which, The Adoption Papers (Bloodaxe 1991), won the Saltire and Forward prizes. The second, Other Lovers (Bloodaxe 1993), won the Somerset Maugham Award. Trumpet, her first novel, won the Author's Club First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Her collection of short stories, Why Don't You Stop Talking (Picador 2002), was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award. She lives in Manchester with her son.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904598107 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904598102 |
| Title | North |
| Author | Jackie Kay |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2004-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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