The View from Here
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by niki
I won the View From Here Magazine first line competition. Check out my winning entry.
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Online interview with Eric Forbes
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by niki
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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7 Fest
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by niki
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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Sun Review
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Niki
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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2008 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Niki
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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Flight of the Blackbird in LITRO
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by Niki
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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Reading at Birkbeck
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Niki
29 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 [...]
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Reading in Los Angeles and NYC
Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Niki
I will be in at the Brooklyn Book Fair in September doing a reading for X-24 and possibly something from 29 Ways to Drown.
September 27, 2007
x-24 Anthology reading
with Niki Aguirre, Jennifer Kabat, Laila Lalami and Nii Parkes
California State University
Los Angeles, California
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Reading at Barbican Library, London
Posted on July 26th, 2007 by Niki
The X24 launch took place last night at the Barbican Library. I met fellow anthology writers, heard some great stories and mingled over dinner and wine.
James Smith of theshortstory.org.uk wrote a good review of the launch. Read -> Glass eyes and slippery eels.
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Reading at Poetry Cafe
Posted on October 18th, 2006 by Niki
The BBK Rebels, as my friend tagged us, performed the other night at the Poetry Cafe. Despite initial jitters, it was great fun and I enjoyed it. The voice of each writer was evident in the reading of their stories. What a great bunch! Looking forward to more.
Harriet Fisher
Harry Whitehead
Fran Merivale
Mary Louise Buxton
Nii Ayikwei [...]
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