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Vicki Jarrett

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I'm a short story writer and novelist and live in my native Edinburgh.

Nothing is Heavy, my first novel was shortlisted for the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award 2013.

My first collection of short stories, The Way Out was published by Freight Books and was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2015, the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015, and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2016.

My second novel, Always North, is due for publication in October 2019 from Unsung Stories.

You can find out more by visiting my website. ...more

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	Always North 3.57 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	The Best British Short Stories 2014 by Elizabeth Baines (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mick Scully (Contributor), Joanne Rush (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Nothing is Heavy 3.80 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Way Out 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	With Their Best Clothes On by Susie Maguire (Editor), Samuel Tongue (Editor), Patricia Ace (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018	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
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 14, Spring 2019 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ken MacLeod (Contributor), Cat Hellisen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 16, Autumn 2019 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Petra Kuppers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Allen Ashley (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2019 — 2 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
	Gutter 08 by Adrian Searle (Editor), Simon Biggam (Contributor), Nick Brooks (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 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

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“The unwritten rules of working in a male-dominated industry are: your gender is an unfortunate disability that you’re doing your best to overcome. If baited on the subject, out-swear your opponent without compunction.”
― Vicki Jarrett, Always North

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“We live on the land because it suits our physiognomy, and because of that we give it great importance. We even call the planet Earth when the vast majority of it is sea. It’s an unjustifiable bias. Especially now, with the sea encroaching on all fronts. It’s surely time we challenged our prejudices.”
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“In the same way, we believe our waking hours are the important ones, that what we physically strive for and accomplish within them is significant. We assume that consciousness is where we find meaning and fulfil our purpose, assuming we have one. I don’t think we can be so sure. What if the real work of being human, of being the particular human each of us is, is done while we sleep? Maybe our conscious lives are only fuel for the lives we lead while unconscious. Awake and dreaming are both types of consciousness. What if we’re fixating on the wrong one?”
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“By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, 'Take me to your leaders.' [...} Instead I will say, 'Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me to your fingers; take me to your deaths.' These are worth it. These are what I have come for.”
― Margaret Atwood, Good Bones

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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
― Hafiz of Shiraz

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