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     Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 62.255.207.128 |
Folks, top rank Bangladeshi writer, Farah Ghuznavi (I first encountered her as a successful contributor to "The Monster Book for Girls") has let me know that her story is included in the Oxford GEF Short Story Competition collection. This is an ebook, available for free. Farah has asked me to pass this on, so... "I'm writing with some exciting news and a special offer. The winning stories from the Oxford GEF Short Story Competition have recently been published as an e-book, and for the next two days (up to July 6 only) the anthology is being offered as a free download from all the Amazon sites. If you don't have a Kindle, you can still download it by downloading a free Kindle app to your computer or mobile phone, as other friends of mine have done. "My short story 'Getting "There' came second in this competition - which was judged by the British novelist and Guardian newspaper columnist Bidisha - and I would love any feedback that any of you might have, if you read it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/LadyFest-Winning-Equality-Festival-ebook/dp/B0084N27F6/r ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341333007&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/LadyFest-Winning-Equality-Festival-ebook/dp/B0084N27F6/ref =sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1341333046&sr=8-6&keywords=ladyfest "Please share this information if there is anyone within your own networks whom you think might be interested, because this is a strong literary collection which I think many people will enjoy. I'm pasting in below the review by the Welsh novelist John Gower: "'Set in beauty parlours, or in Bangladesh, on the west coasts of both the United States and Scotland, these stories are varied, vivid and vital. Some chart the bitter endings of relationships or puzzle at the frailties of old age. Others follow highways, or snatch love away, or tell us about selkies, the seal women, keening on the shore. The language ranges from the mythic to the demotic, from the heightened poetics of 'Dreamcatchers' to the pellucid prose of 'Getting There.' They show us life – complicated, often unexpected but deeply understood.' "I really hope you will each take a few minutes to download a copy of your own, and to share this free gift with friends who like short stories "Regards Farah" |