In 2001, the Asham Literary Trust organized the third bi-annual competition of short stories by women in honour of Asham House, the house in Sussex where Virginia and Leonard Woolf lived. The competiton attracted over nine hundred entries of which the judges selected 12 which are published here together with commissioned stories by Louise Doughty, Patricia Duncker, A.L. Kennedy, Elena Lappin, Kate Pullinger and Carol Shields. The result is a collection of stories that successfully blends the work of established writers with new authors and taken together represents the very best of contemporary short story writing. Jo Campbell, Tania Casselle, Frances Childs, Fiona Curnow, Louise Doughty, Patricia Duncker, Magi Gibson, A.L. Kennedy, Leila Keys, Elena Lappin, Linda Leatherbarrow, Rowena MacDonald, Ravai Marindo, Jenny Mitchell, Georgia Moseley, Kate Pullinger, Carol Shields, and Ling E. Teo.
- ISBN10 1852428155
- ISBN13 9781852428150
- Publish Date 27 June 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English