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April 7, 2022

The Trouble with Happiness and Other Stories by Tove Ditlevsen

Translated by Michael Favala Goldman Review by Karen Langley The last few years have seen Danish author Tove Ditlevsen’s star in the ascendant following…

February 3, 2022

Longing and Other Stories by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki

Translated by Anthony H Chambers and Paul McCarthy Review by Anna Hollingsworth In the UK, readers know their Murakamis and convenience store women. Jun’ichiro…

June 15, 2021

Things Remembered and Things Forgotten by Kyoko Nakajima

Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori and Ian MacDonald Review by Anna Hollingsworth In the short story The Last Obon, Satsuki is mistaken for the…

December 3, 2020

That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry

Reviewed by David Hebblethwaite Kevin Barry is known for his short stories, and with good reason. It has been eight years since his last…

November 3, 2020

Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937, edited by Melissa Edmundson

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton Women’s Weird: Strange Stories by Women 1890 -1940 was a standout book from last year – it’s still genuinely one…

November 3, 2020

British Weird, Selected Shorter Fiction 1893-1937 edited by James Machin

Reviewed by Hayley Anderton I spent some time looking up the definition of Weird as opposed to Horror in preparation for writing this, and…

September 17, 2020

People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami

Translated by Ted Goossen Review by Anna Hollingsworth With Hiromi Kawakami, you don’t know what to expect other than that her writing will be…

March 24, 2020

Fandango and Other Stories by Alexander Grin

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Reviewed by Karen Langley Recent years have seen a wave of wonderful new translations of ‘lost’ Russian authors of the…

January 30, 2020

Of Cats and Elfins by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Reviewed by Harriet Just over a year ago I reviewed the newly published Handheld Press edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Kingdoms of Elfin, a…

Lake Like a Mirror
November 21, 2019

Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong

Translated by Natascha Bruce Review by David Hebblethwaite Ho Sok Fong is a Malaysian writer whose short stories have won a number of awards. Lake…

November 19, 2019

Your Duck is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg

Review by Terence Jagger This, in spite of its slightly silly sounding title, is an interesting and slightly mysterious collection of six short stories….

Belfast Stories Doire press
August 27, 2019

Belfast Stories, edited by Paul McVeigh & Laura Frank

Review by Laura Marriott In Donegall Square, in the centre of Belfast, Lisa is working in the Welcome Centre. Tourists flock in searching for…

Najib Mahfuz The quarter roger allen
July 2, 2019

The Quarter by Najib Mahfouz

Translated by Roger Allen Review by Anna Hollingsworth On the rare occasions that someone uncovers unpublished work by a deceased writer, publishing takes an…

cracks in our armor anna gavalda
June 27, 2019

The Cracks in our Armour by Anna Gavalda

Translated by Alison Anderson Reviewed by Harriet Way back in the early days of Shiny (issue 5 to be exact) I reviewed Anna Gavalda’s…

Barcelona Tales Helen Constantine
June 25, 2019

Barcelona Tales, ed Helen Constantine

Translated by Peter Bush Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…

lisbon tales helen constantine
June 25, 2019

Lisbon Tales, ed. Helen Constantine

Translated by Amanda Hopkinson Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…

Bring Various new irish short stories
June 6, 2019

Being Various: New Irish Short Stories, ed. Lucy Caldwell

Review by Laura Marriott Ireland is going through a golden age of writing: that has never been more apparent. I wanted to capture something…

Picnic Storm yukiko Motoya
March 14, 2019

Picnic in the Storm by Yukiko Motoya

Translated by Asa Yoneda Review by Anna Hollingsworth The title of Yukiko Motoya’s short story collection Picnic in the Storm could easily be a…

Girl Balancing Helen Dunmore
March 12, 2019

Girl Balancing by Helen Dunmore

Review by Harriet It was a great loss to the world of fiction when Helen Dunmore sadly died in 2017. Fortunately for her admirers,…

Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner
October 30, 2018

Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Reviewed by Harriet Do you believe in fairies? Probably at a young age most people would say they did. And together with an idea…

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September 27, 2018

I Am Heathcliff – Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights, curated by Kate Mosse

Review by Julie Barham It is never easy to review a collection of short stories, especially one by such a diverse selection of authors…

Sentimental tales Mikhail Zoshchenko Boris Dralyuk russian library
August 2, 2018

Sentimental Tales by Mikhail Zoshchenko

Translated by Boris Dralyuk Review by Karen Langley Russian satirical writing has a rich heritage, stretching all the way back to  the  time of…

Sing of the shore lucy wood
June 5, 2018

The Sing of the Shore, by Lucy Wood

Review by Helen Parry I have been a fan of Lucy Wood’s writing since reading her début collection of short stories, Diving Belles, and…

May 24, 2018

Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries, ed. Martin Edwards

Reviewed by Karen Langley Golden Age crime, which has had such a revival recently, is renowned for particular tropes and settings; the country house…

April 5, 2018

Moonrise & Lost Mars, ed. Mike Ashley

Reviewed by Karen Langley There can’t be many readers of Shiny New Books who aren’t aware of the lovely British Library Crime Classics series:…

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