{"product_id":"the-unreliable-nature-writer-event-with-claire-carroll-and-camilla-grudova-thursday-20th-june-2024","title":"The Unreliable Nature Writer Event with Claire Carroll and Camilla Grudova - Thursday 20th June 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin two of our most exciting and inventive short story writers for an evening discussing love, nature and creativity. To celebrate the release of her eagerly-awaited debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unreliable Nature Writer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Claire Carroll will be in conversation with Women's Prize shortlistee and Granta Best Young Novelist, Camilla Grudova. For all fans of the uncanny, exhilarating and hilarious possibilities of the short story...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy a copy of \u003cem\u003eThe Unreliable Nature Writer\u003c\/em\u003e and receive free entry to the event!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThursday 20th June at 6.30pm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolden Hare Books, St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will follow up on your booking with a confirmation email - please be sure to check your junk folder!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eThe Unreliable Nature Writer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unreliable Nature Writer \u003c\/em\u003eis the eagerly awaited debut collection of exhilarating, macabre and dreamy short stories from Claire Carroll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the White Review Prize and winner of the Short Fiction Wild Writing Prize, Carroll portrays an unsettlingly hot, vaguely familiar world of life alongside new technologies and failing environments. Delightful to read, and unsettling to imagine, these are haunting stories about love, loss and strangely exposing housing applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WAZqE7 QfrfFD cell\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-hook=\"description-wrapper\" class=\"Va_ZoC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LvOu6J\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Claire Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003eClaire Carroll lives in Somerset, UK, and writes experimental fiction about the intersection of nature, technology, and desire. She is also a PhD researcher at Bath Spa and Exeter Universities, where she explores how experimental writing – particularly short stories and prose-poetry – can reimagine how humans relate to the natural and non-human world. Claire’s short stories and poetry have been published by journals including\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGutter Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eperverse, Lunate Journal, The Oxonian Review,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShort Fiction Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2021, her short story\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Brain is Boiling with Ideas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas shortlisted for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe White Review’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eShort Story Prize, and her short story\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCephalopod\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas the recipient of the Essex University \u0026amp; Short Fiction Journal Wild Writing Prize. Both pieces are taken from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unreliable Nature Writer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eClaire’s collection of linked short stories that examines the interconnection of climate anxiety, surviving late capitalism and dealing with personal loss.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Camilla Grudova\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vaI0UH\" data-hook=\"content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCamilla Grudova lives in Edinburgh. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University, Montreal. Her short story collection \u003cem\u003eThe Doll's Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e was published by Fitcarraldo Editions in 2017, and she has a novel (\u003cem\u003eChildren of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e) and collection of short stories (\u003cem\u003eThe Coiled Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e) published by Atlantic Books. In 2023 Camilla was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 5, and earned a place on the longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scratch Books","offers":[{"title":"Book \u0026 Ticket","offer_id":48066836758842,"sku":"9781739830182","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/UnreliableNatureWriterfrontcoverfinal_1.jpg?v=1711968874","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/the-unreliable-nature-writer-event-with-claire-carroll-and-camilla-grudova-thursday-20th-june-2024","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}