![]() ![]() ![]() Judges included author, journalist and host of Polari literary salon, chair Paul Burston Rachel Holmes, author and former Head of Literature & Spoken Word at the Southbank literary critic, Suzi Feay writer, critic and broadcaster, Bidisha author and comedian, VG Lee and writer and editor Alex Hopkins. The collection prevailed over a shortlist of books traditionally comprising five titles, but this year stretched to six due to the strength of submissions, including Straight Expectations by Julie Bindel The Gift of Looking Closely by Al Brookes Everything Must Go by LaJohn Joseph Self-portrait with The Happiness by David Tait and The Informant by Susan Wilkins.Īlready the winner of the Scott Prize, The Herald: Book of the Year 2014, Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection, and shortlisted for the 2014 Green Carnation Prize, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales is a lyrical collection of twenty short stories on lust and loss, compiled of radical retellings of classic tales, modern-day fables. ![]()
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