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Before the Rain
This volume is the embodiment of Flax's ambition to highlight regional voices. It is an anthology of short stories by Lancashire writers. All the stories are fresh and imaginative told with energy and honesty.
179 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
About the author
Sarah Hymas
7 books1 followerSarah Hymas is a poet and short story writer. Her work has appeared in anthologies, magazines, pamphlets and multimedia exhibits around the UK, including The British Council's New Writing 15, The Rialto, Orbis, Smiths Knoll and Magma. She is a Hawthornden Fellow.
Her first poetry collection, Host, was published by Waterloo Press, 2010 and a short story collection, Closet Collection, was published in 1995.
She was poet in residence for Calderdale Libraries between 2003-2005, where she worked with library staff, a photographer and painter to promote the benefits of reading. She was the founding editor of Flax, the publishing imprint of Lancaster's literature festival, which publishes and promotes writing from the North West of England.
Her first poetry collection, Host, was published by Waterloo Press, 2010 and a short story collection, Closet Collection, was published in 1995.
She was poet in residence for Calderdale Libraries between 2003-2005, where she worked with library staff, a photographer and painter to promote the benefits of reading. She was the founding editor of Flax, the publishing imprint of Lancaster's literature festival, which publishes and promotes writing from the North West of England.
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June 10, 2013
I love short stories. Writers find the courage to express ideas and use their imagination in ways that would be impossible to do in longer fiction. I was thoroughly entertained by this book of short stories by contributors Tom Fletcher, Mollie Baxter and Peter Wild.
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