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On the @fictionable Caroline Lucas argues we must counter false narratives with more compelling and inspiring stories.

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/caroline-lucas-climate-denial-is-being-weaponised-and-popularised

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Some kind of pig is snuffling in the leaf mould. But what is it up to? Rose Rahtz reads the signs in Where Hast Thou Been, Sister?

Catch this exclusive short story and hear Rahtz talk witchery at https://fictionable.world

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Annie's been packed off to Christian camp, but will she convert? Lauren Caroline Smith shares the good news in The Placing of Hands.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Smith discuss faith, hope and literature at https://fictionable.world

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Quinton McCandless is born in 1968 with a smile on his face. Grahame Williams examines a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Williams reflecting on the Troubles at https://fictionable.world

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Big Barrel is off to the dumpster to get some grub. Jakub Żulczyk draws a picture of decline in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Żulczyk stand up for the little guy at https://fictionable.world

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Can you make something true just by it down? Jenny Erpenbeck traces a paper trail in Sloughing Off One Skin, translated by Michael Hofmann.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Erpenbeck talk about borders, endings and the slippery business of at https://fictionable.world

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On the @fictionable Caroline Lucas argues we must counter false narratives with more compelling and inspiring stories.

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/caroline-lucas-climate-denial-is-being-weaponised-and-popularised

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We stand up for the little guy as Jakub Żulczyk reaches back into the Polish imaginary on the @fictionable

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/jakub-zulczyk-many-years-hardships-dwarf/

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Annie’s been packed off to Christian camp, but will she convert? Lauren Caroline Smith shares the good news in The Placing of Hands.

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Can you make something true just by it down? Jenny Erpenbeck traces a paper trail in Sloughing Off One Skin, translated by Michael Hofmann.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Erpenbeck talk about borders, endings and the slippery business of at https://fictionable.world

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Quinton McCandless is born in 1968 with a smile on his face. Grahame Williams examines a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

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Big Barrel is off to the dumpster to get some grub. Jakub Żulczyk draws a picture of decline in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

Catch this exclusive short story at https://fictionable.world

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On the @fictionable we examine the Troubles with Grahame Williams, and explore the things we’ve left behind.

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/grahame-williams-troubles-northern-ireland-short-story-making-it-happen/

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Huge congratulaions: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, has won the International Booker prize.

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@bookstodon Catch Erpenbeck talking about her prizewinning novel on the @fictionable

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/jenny-erpenbeck-podcast-sloughing-off-one-skin-go-went-gone-kairos-writing

And read her short story Sloughing Off One Skin, also translated by Michael Hofmann, in our latest edition.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/sloughing-off-one-skin-jenny-erpenbeck-translated-by-michael-hofmann

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Some kind of pig is snuffling in the leaf mould. But what is it up to? Rose Rahtz reads the signs in Where Hast Thou Been, Sister?

Catch this exclusive short story at https://fictionable.world

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Annie’s been packed off to Christian camp, but will she convert? Lauren Caroline Smith shares the good news in The Placing of Hands.

Catch this exclusive short story at https://fictionable.world

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Quinton McCandless is born in 1968 with a smile on his face. Grahame Williams examines a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

Catch this exclusive short story at https://fictionable.world

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Big Barrel is off to the dumpster to get some grub. Jakub Żulczyk draws a picture of decline in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

Catch this exclusive short story at https://fictionable.world

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Can you make something true just by it down? Jenny Erpenbeck traces a paper trail in Sloughing Off One Skin, translated by Michael Hofmann.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Erpenbeck talk about borders, endings and the slippery business of at https://fictionable.world

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Jenny Erpenbeck opens 2024 with Sloughing Off One Skin, a haunting that explores truth and identity, translated by Michael Hofmann.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/sloughing-off-one-skin-jenny-erpenbeck-translated-by-michael-hofmann

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@bookstodon Jakub Żulczyk creates a small epic, as Big Barrel goes in search of grub in Many Years of Hardships, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/many-years-of-hardships-jakub-zulczyk-translated-by-john-and-malgorzata-markoff

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@bookstodon Grahame Williams charts a life where nothing goes to plan in Making It Happen.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/making-it-happen-grahame-williams

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@bookstodon While Lauren Caroline Smith tests her faith in The Placing of Hands.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-placing-of-hands-lauren-caroline-smith

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@bookstodon And Rose Rahtz explores the uncanny power of the toddler in Where Hast Thou Been, Sister?

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/where-hast-thou-been-sister-rose-rahtz

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@bookstodon Over on the @fictionable Caroline Lucas argues that in the face of division, we must tell "compelling, inspiring stories about what we can and must achieve together".

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/caroline-lucas-climate-denial-is-being-weaponised-and-popularised

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@bookstodon And on the @fictionable Jenny Erpenbeck talks about why writers are so suspicious of documents, the trouble with endings and the problem of arbitrary borders.

https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/jenny-erpenbeck-podcast-sloughing-off-one-skin-go-went-gone-kairos-writing

She also talks about her International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Kairos and recalls what it felt like in when the Wall came down.

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2024 is here, with Jenny Erpenbeck – translated by Michael Hofmann – following a paper trail while Jakub Żulczyk, translated by John and Małgorzata Markoff, constructs a small epic. Grahame Williams examines a life without a plan and Lauren Caroline Smith tests her faith. Rose Rahtz reads the signs and Caroline Lucas makes the case for compelling and inspiring stories.

Catch all these exclusive and more at https://fictionable.world

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So here's a little taste of the marvellous from Jenny Erpenbeck, Jakub Żulczyk, Grahame Williams, Lauren Caroline Smith and Rose Rahtz for 2024.

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Portraits of Jenny Erpenbeck, Jakub Żulczyk, Grahame Williams, Lauren Caroline Smith and Rose Rahtz accompany brief readings from their short stories

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@bookstodon With thanks to John Markoff for reading from Żulczyk's story, Many Years of Hardships.

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As a boy, the cartoonist Peter Kuper dreamed of studying bugs. He explains how he managed to combine his passion for drawing and his fascination with insects.

https://www.fictionable.world/blogs/peter-kuper-insects-graphic-novel-ruins-intersects

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What do you do when a hero comes right at you? Liam Hogan goes a few rounds in Backstory.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Hogan explain why he doesn't believe in heroes at https://fictionable.world

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Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.

Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Neuwirth explain why he filled it with computer code at https://fictionable.world

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