Gill Darling's debut novel, Erringby is published by Fairlight Books on 17 June 2021. With echoes of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, ErringbyΒ is a captivating coming-of-age novel following Kit against the changing cultural landscape of the seventies, eighties and nineties. Read this interview
READ MOREEach week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, weβve chosen a story about routine by Sarah Margaret Batten. Sarah Margaret Batten was born in Northern Ireland and grew up primarily in Yorkshire before moving to London
READ MOREFor those of us who regularly enjoy reading, it can be easy to take it for granted. However, for some, books are a luxury, one that they may not have access to. When Amina Marix Evans came to this realisation she began brainstorming ways to help. She decided to start Borderline Books, giving donated
READ MOREOur Guest Blog this month comes from Megan Leigh, editor of pop culture blog Pop Verse and co-host of feminist speculative fiction podcast Breaking the Glass Slipper. Her writing has appeared on SWFA, SFF World, Pornokitsch, and Writersβ Workshop. This blog originally appeared on Pop Verse
READ MOREOur short story of the week is a story about escape by Sam Reese. Hailing from Aotearoa, New Zealand, Sam Reese is an insatiable traveller who is currently writing and teaching in the UK. An award-winning short story writer, his first collection,Β Come the Tide, was published in 2019 with Platypu
READ MOREEach week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, weβve chosen a story about control by Chiranthi Rajapakse. Chiranthi Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan writer. She grew up in Kandy and now lives in Colombo. She studied law and h
READ MORENeal Mason is the imaginative short story writer behind one of the most popular stories published on Fairlight Books website - Stocktaking. Neal was born in Middlesex. After finishing his education in Norfolk he spent most of his life tutoring for the University of Wales, WEA and Fairfield Arts C
READ MOREMike Fox is the author of When You Became Me - a short story about time and growing-up available on our website. Mike has co-authored a book and published many articles on the human repercussions of illness. Now writing fiction, his stories have appeared in, or been accepted for publication by, The
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