Reading at Birkbeck

Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Niki

29 Ways to Drown29 Ways to Drown (Launch reading)
26.11.2007

Niki Aguirre’s debut collection of short stories, 29 Ways to Drown (lubin & kleyner) reveals a writer with an incredible range, humour and balance. Being the first female writer from Birkbeck’s highly regarded MA Creative Writing programme to have a book of fiction published, after Shaun Levin’s A Year of Two Summers, her first reading is hosted by the faculty at Room 538, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX.

Reading Details:
Date – Monday, November 26, 2007
Venue – Room 538, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX.
Time – 6pm
Entry – Free

Signed copies of the book will be available for sale. Also available on INPRESS and Amazon.co.uk

Filed under: 29 Ways to Drown, Book Readings, Events, Published, Short Stories, Writing

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  • 29 Ways

    29 Ways to Drown

    29 Ways to Drown is the debut collection of Niki Aguirre, featuring 10 short stories spanning the US, London and Latin America. Purchase at Flipped Eye Store

  • 'Aguirre’s characters are too busy searching for their own brand of independence to worry what others think, and the originality that this gives the whole collection can’t be underestimated.' - The Short Review
    'Aguirre has an amazing imagination and each story is individual and thought-provoking' - The Sun
    'Lovers of the short story should not miss this delightful new collection' - Julia Bell
    'Niki Aguirre breathes new energy into the short story' - Jennifer Kabat
    'The characters haunt and intrigue... Her exquisite tales resonate long after the last page' - Courttia Newland
    'Aguirre is that rarest of writers, one who possesses an exuberant imagination, but who also casts a devastatingly sharp eye on human reality' - Laila Lalami

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