Zoë Fairbairns’s Followers (15)

Zoë Fairbairns

Born

in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1948

Website

http://www.zoefairbairns.co.uk/index.htm

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Women & Gender Studies

edit data

Zoe Fairbairns was born in England on 20 December 1948, and educated at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and the College of William and Mary, USA. She has worked as a freelance journalist and a creative writing tutor, and is the former poetry editor of Spare Rib. She has also held appointments as Writer in Residence at Bromley Schools (1981-3 and 1985-9), Deakin University, Geelong, Australia (1983), Sunderland Polytechnic (1983-5) and Surrey County Council (1989).

Her first novel, Live as Family, written when she was seventeen, was published in 1968, and her second, Down: An Explanation (1969), was published a year later while she was still at university. Both novels employ a first-person narrative to explore issues of personal and ...more

Combine Editions
Zoë Fairbairns’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 438 ratings · 60 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Benefits 3.64 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stand We at Last 3.93 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Write Winning Short Stories 3.88 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy's Girls 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here Today 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guida al racconto breve by Zoë Fairbairns, Alice Crocella (traduttrice) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Belgian Nurse liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sarahs Vermachtnis it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anneme Masallar; Feminist Hikayeler by Zoë Fairbairns, Sara Maitland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Zoë Fairbairns…

Quotes by Zoë Fairbairns (?)

“The novel tends to tell us everything,’ wrote V.S. Pritchett in his introduction to the Oxford Book of Short Stories, ‘whereas the short story tells us only one thing, and that, intensely’.”
― Zoë Fairbairns, Write Short Stories And Get Them Published

2 likes

“At least stay for Christmas," Pam urged.
"Do you have it?"
"Not as such. The birth of a male who thinks he's god isn't such a rare event.”
― Zoë Fairbairns, Benefits

tags: christmas, feminist, humor

0 likes

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
What's the Name o...: 1980s Set in near future, population control is by putting contraception in the water [s]	3	64	Apr 22, 2012 01:48PM

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Zoë to Goodreads.

Zoë Fairbairns’s Followers (15)

Zoë Fairbairns

Combine EditionsZoë Fairbairns’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Zoë Fairbairns’s books