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29 Ways to Drown was recently reviewed in Issue 9 of the online book site The Short Review. I also did an author interview. Go read and let me know what you think.
TSR: How did you choose which stories to include and in what order?
NA: For 29 Ways to Drown, I chose stories that dealt [...]

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I’m featured as the most recent writer on Eric Forbes’ blog. Eric is a book editor who has thus far interviewed six long-listed writers for the Frank O’Connor Award. Great website, so check it out.
 

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Wednesday, 11th June
LOOSE MUSE
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street
London WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden)
London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres, with an open mike sharing session, plus two featured writers each month. June will be poet and artist, Valeria Melchioretto, reading from her new book. Also featuring will be [...]

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7 Fest - The Foundation
Celebrating 7 years of Flipped Eye
Poetry Cafe
June 4, 2008
I will be at the Poetry Cafe on JUNE 4, celebrating the 7th anniversary of my publisher Flipped Eye. It is an all day, 11 hour marathon extravaganza and a chance to listen to stories, author talks, book signings and poetry readings from [...]

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The SUN reviewed my book today under the Something for the Weekend section. Here’s what they said:
9.05.08
“This debut novel is a collection of short stories which is perfect to dip in and out of at your leisure. Each tale takes us to a different country, spanning London to America. Along the way we meet a beautiful [...]

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The longlist for the 2008 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was announced earlier this week. The 35,000 Euro prize is currently the world’s richest for the short story. Last year the prize went to Miranda July for No One Belongs Here More Than You. I am happy to say that this year an unprecedented 14 British [...]

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Monday 12 May, 6.30-8.15 pm,
RADA Foyer Bar, Malet Street,
London WC1E 7JN
Readings and Q&A to celebrate the publication of books by three Birkbeck Creative Writing MA alumni: 29 Ways to Drown by Niki Aguirre, Out of a Clear Sky by Sally Hinchcliffe, and Estrella Damn by Matthew Loukes. Q&A facilitated by Julia Bell.
Admission is free of [...]

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14 May 2008

As part of  Get London Reading, I will be at Sutton Central Library reading from my collection of short fiction 29 Ways to Drown. There will be a Q & A session after and a chance to purchase the book. If you are in the area, come along and say hello. 
Venue: Sutton Central [...]

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My reading at the International Pen: Free the Word! event went really well. I read an extract from Language of Trees (29 Ways to Drown). International Futures was MC’ed by the wonderfully punctual and poetic Nii Parkes. There were some great events and readings over the weekend. I had a chance to meet Francisco Goldman, [...]

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Flight of the Blackbird, one of the stories from 29 Ways to Drown, will be featured in the special Christmas edition of LITRO. If you take the underground (and even if you don’t) please keep on eye out for it.
LITRO is a literary alternative to Metro, distributed at London underground stations and a variety of [...]

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