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A Crisp October Day

A Crisp October Day
The Legacies of Empire: introducing the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize shortlist

The Legacies of Empire: introducing the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize shortlist
BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: 'Scrimshaw' by Eley Williams

BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: 'Scrimshaw' by Eley Williams
BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘Come Down Heavy’ by Jack Houston

BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘Come Down Heavy’ by Jack Houston
BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘The Grotesques’ by Sarah Hall

BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘The Grotesques’ by Sarah Hall
BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘In The Car With the Rain Coming Down’ by Jan Carson

BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘In The Car With the Rain Coming Down’ by Jan Carson
BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘Pray’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson

BBC National Short Story Awards 2020: ‘Pray’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson
‘For a writer there is no mother tongue: he forges his own language according to his or her needs’: A Q&A with Maryse Condé

‘For a writer there is no mother tongue: he forges his own language according to his or her needs’: A Q&A with Maryse Condé
An extract from The Wondrous And Tragic Life Of Ivan And Ivana by Maryse Condé

An extract from The Wondrous And Tragic Life Of Ivan And Ivana by Maryse Condé
Poem of the Week: ‘Damnatio Memoriae’, by Sam Quill

Poem of the Week: ‘Damnatio Memoriae’, by Sam Quill
Poem of the Week: 'Bar Italia' by Declan Ryan

Poem of the Week: 'Bar Italia' by Declan Ryan
Poem of the Week: 'The Big Guns', by Robert Selby

Poem of the Week: 'The Big Guns', by Robert Selby