Each 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 loss by Stephen Burgen. Stephen Burgen grew up in Montreal before moving to London. For the past twenty years he has lived in Barcelona, where h
READ MORELorraine Wilson is an ex-conservation scientist who writes fiction influenced by folklore and the wilderness. Mother Sea is set on a remote Indian Ocean island following climate scientist Sisi who is working hard to protect her home. With her community under threat, Sisi must fight to save her home,
READ MOREAnthony Ferner's latest novel Small Wars in Madrid is the 20th addition to the Fairlight Moderns collection. Read ahead to learn about Anthony's writing journey and for a small excerpt of this new Fairlight Modern. You have worked on Small Wars in Madrid for 10 years, what motivated you to keep p
READ MOREWe are happy to announce that we will be publishing American author Jennifer Loveβs biting contemporary novel Please Fear Me in September 2024. Please Fear Me is a literary novel following two young homeless girls, Smidge and Violet, on their trek through the U.S. in search of belonging. As the
READ MOREOur short story of the week is a story about a concert by John Millard. John Millard spent twenty-five years as a journalist β as a reporter on local newspapers, then as a reporter and feature writer on national papers and magazines. He studied English literature at Oxford University as a matur
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 affairs by Meredith Miller. Meredith Miller was born in the U.S. and settled in the UK in 1997. She teaches English Literature and Creative Writ
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 an affair by Thomas Eggenberger. Thomas Eggenberger grew up in the States but has spent his adult life overseas. Back in Tokyo after eight years
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 community by Elizabeth Wassell. Elizabeth Wassell was born in New York, spent long years in Ireland with her late husband, Irish poet laureate J
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