In Dreams brings together fifty-one works for the first time in English by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the "father of the Japanese short story" and one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Deftly translated by Ryan Choi, these stories and vignettes all have radical brevity in common.
In this collection, Tilo Ulbricht has translated sixty of Rilke's shorter poems. Rilke's profound insights are transmitted with a clarity that is rare for even this poet in translation. The result is akin to an Old Masters painting after cleaning, illuminating the spiritual qualities of the poems that have previously been obscured.
Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is one of the world's most dynamic literary honours. It is awarded for the best short fiction from the Commonwealth. The overall winning entry was by Eswatini's Ntsika Kota. The other finalists are Sofia Mariah Ma (Singapore), Cecil Browne (England), Diana McCaulay (Jamaica) and Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji).
Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2021
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize, is one of the world's most dynamic literary honours. Spanning fifty-four countries, it is awarded for the best short fiction from the Commonwealth regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. This collection is titled after the overall winning entry by Sri Lanka's Kanya D'Almeida.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is one of the worlds most exciting literary honours. This years winner is Kwame McPherson for his story Ocoee. The other winning stories - The Undertakers Apprentice by Hana Gammon, Oceans Away From My Homeland by Agnes Chew, Lech, Prince, and the Nice Things by Rue Baldry, and Kilinochchi by Himali McInnes.
In these five short stories and four essays, the Skerne bears witness to a frenzy of treasure hunters; memories of heartbreak and profound love; family legacies defended and reassessed; a disastrous yet colourful train crash; shorthorn cattle superstars; a man defying an overwhelming diagnosis; and a group of veterans building a Viking longboat
An inspiring, confessional, unusual and illuminating memoir in sixty short stories. Psychologist, teacher, activist, Dean offers inspirational stories of indelible encounters with the extraordinary, arising from familiar and uncanny events alike.
Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is a prestigious annual award for the best work of unpublished short fiction from within the Commonwealth. It is managed by Commonwealth Writers, an initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation set up to inspire, develop and connect writers and storytellers across the five global regions.
