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Endangered Species – Part 2

Last year, fewer than 25 books of short stories were produced by mainstream publishers. And two-thirds were by writers from abroad. Where are all the good British short stories? Are we witnessing the death throes of an entire genre? In Part 2 of 'Endangered Species', Debbie Taylor, Editor of women's writing publication 'Mslexia', charts the parlous state of the literary short story in the UK.

17 Mar 2003

Debbie Taylor

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Last year, fewer than 25 books of short stories were produced by mainstream publishers. And two-thirds were by writers from abroad. Where are all the good British short stories? Are we witnessing the death throes of an entire genre? In Part 2 of ‘Endangered Species’, Debbie Taylor, Editor of women’s writing publication ‘Mslexia’, charts the parlous state of the literary short story in the UK.

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Debbie Taylor

About the Author

Debbie Taylor is the founder and Editor of Mslexia, the national magazine for women who write. She is also an established fiction and non-fiction author. Her recent publications include: My Children, My Gold (Virago), which was shortlisted for the Fawcett Prize for women's writing; The Nerve, an anthology of cutting-edge women's writing (also Virago) and The Fourth Queen (Michael Joseph), a novel set in a harem in eighteenth-century Morocco and based on a true story. The Fourth Queen will be in bookshops from April 3.