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New Writing 15 - (Current Issue) * New Writing 15 - (Current Issue)

Published by Granta 2007 £9.99  ISBN 978-1-86207-932-8
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New Writing 14 * New Writing 14

Edited by Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila

Contributors:

Short stories by James Lasdun, Miriam Pinchuk, Romesh Gunesekera, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Roy Robins, Anuradha Vijayakrishnan, Chris Womersley, Kirsty Gunn. Desmond Hogan, C. D. Rose, Paolo da Costa, Nick Barley, Shereen Pandit, Douglas Cowie, Marina Warner and Hermione Lee.

 

Poems by Paul Muldoon, Iain Galbraith, Stephen Knight, Carola Luther, David Morley, Sean O'Brien, Don Paterson, Greta Stoddart, Blessing Musariri, Carrie Etter, Chenjerai Hove, Paul Perry, Jamie McKendrick, Eoghan Walls and Frances Leviston.

 

Novel extracts by Esther Freud, David Nwokedi, Charles Fernyhough, Benjamin Markovits, Maura Dooley, Jane Feaver, David Harsent, Maik Nwosu, Vicky Grut, Jane Rogers and Natasha Soobramanien.

 

Non-fiction by Michel Faber, Ogaga Ifowodo, Hermione Lee, Joan Michelson and Marina Warner. 

Published by Granta 2006  £9.99  ISBN 1-86207-850-5
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New Writing 13 * New Writing 13

Edited by Toby Litt and Ali Smith

Contributors:

John Berger, Frances Gapper, Azmeena Ladha, Fay Weldon, Niall Griffiths, Paul Bailey, Donald Paterson, John Burnside, Peter Hobbs, Tom Pow, Louise Doughty, David Mitchell, Ian Duhig, Muriel Spark, Paul Ewen, Emily Perkins, Ismail B. Garba, Tim Jarvis, Vicky Grut, Romesh Gunesekera, Jed Hadfield, John Logan, Ramona Herdman, Heloise Shepherd, Lawerence Norfolk, Neil Stewart, James Hopkin, A. S. Irvine, Kate Atkinson, Jackie Kay, Martin Ouvry, Darren King, Nick Laird, Shyam Selvadurai, Tony Peake, Edwin Morgan, Gerrard Woodward, Maggie O'Farrell, Helen Simpson, Ciaran Carson, Nicholas Pierpan, Kamila Shamsie, Monique Roffey, Steven Hall, Matt Thorne, Nicola Barker.  

Published by Picador 2005  £8.99  ISBN 0-330-48599-7
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New Writing 12 * New Writing 12

Edited by Diran Adebayo, Blake Morrison and Jane Rogers

Contributors:
Diran Adebayo, Patience Agbabi, Rajeev Balasubramanyam, Nick Barlay, Hilda Bernstein, Bill Broady, Emma Brockes, Julia Brosnan, Wayne Burrows, Alex Clark, Fred D'Aguiar, Matthew Davey, Jill Dawson, Sasha Dugdale, Vicki Feaver, Adele Geras, Lesley Glaister, Julian Gough, Helon Habila, Gideon Haigh, Nicolette Hardee, Alan Jenkins, Tim Liardet, Sarah Maguire, Maria McCann, David Morley, Patrick Neate, Maggie O'Farrell, Alice Oswald, Glenn Patterson, Sukhdev Sandhu, Ian Sansom, Amanda Smyth, Jane Stevenson, Royston Swarbrooke, Matthew Sweeney, Barbara Trapido, Binyavanga Wainaina, Gerard Woodward, Sophie Woolley, Tamar Yoseloff

Published by Picador 2004  £8.99  ISBN 0-330-48598-9 pbk
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New Writing 11 * New Writing 11

Edited by Andrew O'Hagan and Colm Tóibín

Contributors:

Tiffany Atkinson, Patick Clinton, Jenny Diski, Isobel Dixon, Bill Duncan, Alistair Elliot, Anne Enright, Gloria Evans Davies, Michel Faber, Gerard Fanning, Charles Fernyhough, Maggie Graham, Lavinia Greenlaw, Georgina Hammick, Thomas Healy, Desmond Hogan, Mark Illis, Jamie Jackson, Panos Karnezis, Jackie Kay, Claire Keegan, Christina Koning, Nick Laird, Tim Liardet, Douglas Martin, Sean O'Reilly, Ruth Padel, Fiona Ritchie Walker, Jane Rogers, Mary-Kay Wilmers

Published by Picador 2002  £8.99  ISBN 0-330-48597-0 pbk
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New Writing 10 * New Writing 10

Edited by Penelope Lively and George Szirtes

Contributors:
Elspeth Barker, Carol Baxendale, Beverley Bie, Ranjit Bolt, Alison Booth, Andy Brown, Alan Brownjohn, John Burnside, Julia Darling, Louis de Bernières, Patricia Debney, Des Dillon, Isobel Dixon, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Ruth Fainlight, Janice Galloway, Francis Gilbert, Michael Hofman, Andrea Holland, Grace Ingoldby, Helen Ivory, Rayda Jacobs, John Kinsella, Stephen Knight, Nell Leyshon, Tim Liardet, Gerda Mayer, Patrick McGuinnes, Esther Morgan, Andrew Motion, Michael Murphy, Catriona O'Reilly, Andrew Pidoux, Tom Pow, Deryn Rees Jones, Peter Robinson, Stephen Romer, Chris Rose, Lawrence Sail, Eva Salzman, William Scammell, Peter Scupham, Alan Sillitoe, Helen Simpson, Matt Simpson, Khan Singh Kumar, Atima Srivastava, Anne Stevenson, Kee Thuan Chye, Anthony Thwaite, Barbara Trapido, Erica Wagner, Clare Wigfall

Published by Picador 2001  £8.99  ISBN 0-330-48268-8 pbk
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New Writing 9 * New Writing 9

Edited by John Fowles and A. L. Kennedy

Contributors:

Simon Armitage, Trezza Azzopardi, Paul Bailey, Peter Benson, Brooke Biaz, William Boyd, John Burnside, Harry Clifton, Robert Crawford, Philip Davison, Anita Desai, Louis de Bernières, Michael Donaghy, Vicki Feaver, Neil Ferguson, Carlo Gebler, Alasdair Gray, Lavinia Greenlaw, Niall Griffiths, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Michiel Heyns, Richard Holmes, Robert Irwin, Rosie Jackson, James Lasdun, Toby Litt, John Logan, Michael Longley, Stuart Marlow, Adrian Mathews, Sarah May, James McGonigal, Jamie McKendrick, Duncan McLean, David McVey, Edwin Morgan, David Morley, Lawrence Norfolk, Julia O'Faolain, Ruth Padel, Tim Parks, Don Paterson, Glenn Patterson, Peter Porter, Robin Robertson, Neil Rollinson, Eva Salzman, Derek Sellen, Neil Stewart, Matthew Sweeney, Adam Thorpe, Jonathan Treitel, Rose Tremain, Vivienne Vermes, Alan Warner, Mark Weinberg, Hamish Whyte, Jonathan Wilson

Published by Vintage 2000  £7.99  ISBN 0-09-928994-6 pbk
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New Writing 8 * New Writing 8

Edited by Tibor Fischer and Lawrence Norfolk

Contributors:

Jeffrey Archer, Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Berridge, William Boyd, A. S. Byatt, Billy Childish, Lana Citron, Rachel Cusk, Louis de Bernières, Isobel Dixon, Patricia Duncker, Christopher Emery, David Flusfeder, Michael Foley, Esther Freud, Lavinia Greenlaw, Philip Hensher, Michael Hofmann, Michael Hulse, Liz Jensen, Emma Kay, A. L. Kennedy, Hari Kunzru, Hanif Kureishi, Linda Leatherbarrow, Tim Liardet, Toby Litt, Ian McIntyre, David Malouf, Pauline Melville, Claire Messud, David Mitchell, Edwin Morgan, Alex Moseley, Paul Muldoon, Naeem Murr, Clare Naylor, Courttia Newland, Dorothy Nimmo, Jeff Noon, Alice Oswald, Don Paterson, Emily Perkins, Dan Rhodes, Mordecai Richler, Derek Robinson, Nick Rogers, Neil Rollinson, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson, Harry Smart, Matthew Sweeney, George Szirtes, Jonathan Treitel, Barry Unsworth, George Walden

Published by Vintage 1999  £7.99  ISBN 0-09-954571-3 pbk
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New Writing 7 * New Writing 7

Edited by Carmen Callil and Craig Raine

Contributors:
Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Wendy Cope, Louis de Bernières, Michael Dibdin, Lucy Ellmann, Ian Hamilton, Gregory LeStage, Georgina Hammick, Michael Hofmann, Ted Hughes, Philip Kerr, Matthew Kneale, Stephen Knight, Penelope Fitzgerald, Hermione Lee, Kathy Lette, Andrea Levy, Earl Lovelace, Lachlan Mackinnon, Patrick Marber, Cathal McCabe, Ian McEwan, Charlotte Mendelson, Karl Miller, Paul Muldoon, Bernard O'Donoghue, Oliver Reynolds, Ben Rice, Kirsty Seymour-Ure, Nicholas Shakespeare, Matthew Singh-Toor, C. K. Stead, Frances Stonor Saunders, Peter Straughan, Adam Thorpe, Martin Turner, Marina Warner, Fay Weldon, Francis Wheen, Stevie White, Susan Wicks

Published by Vintage 1998  £7.99  ISBN 0-09-954561-6 pbk
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New Writing 6 * New Writing 6

Edited by A. S. Byatt and Peter Porter

Contributors:
Dannie Abse, Simon Armitage, Isobel Armstrong, David Bellos, Edwin Brock, John Burnside, Ron Butlin, Julia Darling, Louis de Bernières, Maura Dooley, Nick Drake, Maureen Duffy, Ian Duhig, Jane Duran, Elaine Einstein, Tibor Fischer, Roy Fisher, Penelope Fitzgerald, Michael Foley, John Forrester, Lavinia Greenlaw, John Harvey, Philip Hensher, Michael Hofmann, Christopher Hope, Michael Hulse, Robert Irwin, A. L. Kennedy, John McGahern, Shena Mackay, Duncan McLaren, Paul Magrs, David Malouf, E. A. Markham, Pauline Melville, Dorothy Nimmo, Ruth Padel, Kathy Page, Peter Redgrove, Keith Ridgway, Robin Robertson, Jane Rogers, Penelope Shuttle, Jon Silkin, C. K. Stead, Rebecca Swift, Hwee Hwee Tan, Matt Thorne, Adam Thorpe, Anthony Thwaite, Charles Tomlinson, Lorna Tracy, John Tusa, Marina Warner, John Hartley Williams

Published by Vintage 1997  £7.99  ISBN 0-09-954551-9 pbk
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New Writing 5 * New Writing 5

Edited by Christopher Hope and Peter Porter

Contributors:
Dannie Abse, Fleur Adcock, Moniza Alvi, Donald Atkinson, Murray Bail, Paul Bailey, Martin Bax, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Alison Brackenbury, Simon Brittan, Alan Brownjohn, Simon Burt, A. S. Byatt, Carmen Callil, Lana Citron, Louis de Bernières, Michael Donaghy, Maura Dooley, Ian Duhig, Alistair Elliot, Sarah J. Evans, Gavin Ewart, Maggie Gee, Alasdair Gray, Lavinia Greenlaw, Romesh Gunesekera, Abdulrazak Gurnah, David Harsent, Paul Henry, Philip Hensher, Michael Hofmann, Richard Holmes, Miroslav Holub, Douglas Houston, Christopher Hope, Michael Hulse, Sarah LeFanu, Gwyneth Lewis, Douglas Livingstone, Jamie McKendrick, Candia McWilliam, Paul Magrs, Hilary Mantel, E. A. Markham, Timothy Mo, Sean O'Brien, Julia O'Faolain, Kathy Page, Don Paterson, Peter Porter, Peter Redgrove, Robin Robertson, Carole Satyamurti, John Saul, Deirdre Shanahan, Jo Shapcott, Penelope Shuttle, Jon Silkin, Pauline Stainer, C. K. Stead, Matthew Sweeney, George Szirtes, D. J. Taylor, N. S. Thompson, Charles Tomlinson, Lorna Tracy, Rose Tremain, William Trevor, Stephen Watson

Published by Vintage 1996  £6.99  ISBN 0-09-954541-1 pbk
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New Writing 4 * New Writing 4

Edited by A. S. Byatt and Alan Hollinghurst

Contributors:
Brian Aldiss, Patricia Beer, Elizabeth Berridge, Conor Cregan, Louis de Bernières, Helen Dunmore, Jane Duran, Janice Elliott, D. J. Enright, Tibor Fischer, Penelope Fitzgerald, Cliff Forshaw, John Fuller, Nadine Gordimer, Rebecca Gowers, Alasdair Gray, Stephen Gray, Lavinia Greenlaw, Paul Henry, Philip Hensher, Michael Hofmann, Christopher Hope, Glyn Hughes, A. L. Kennedy, David Kirkup, Matthew Kneale, Stephen Knight, Hanif Kureishi, Candia McWilliam, Paul Magrs, E. A. Markham, Joan Michelson, Andrew Motion, Joseph New, Lawrence Norfolk, Sean O'Brien, Julia O'Faolain, Ruth Padel, Cate Parish, Glenn Patterson, Tim Pears, Peter Porter, Peter Reading, Peter Redgrove, Michele Roberts, Carol Rumens, John Saul, Helen Simpson, Muriel Spark, Adam Thorpe, Charles Tomlinson, Jonathan Treitel, William Trevor, Patricia Tyrrell, Fay Weldon, Susan Wicks

Published by Vintage 1995  £5.99  ISBN 0-09-953231-X pbk
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New Writing 3 * New Writing 3

Edited by Andrew Motion and Candice Rodd

Contributors:
Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Barlow, Padraic O Beirn, John Berger, Alison Brackenbury, Alan Brownjohn, Lynne Bryan, John Burnside, Simon Burt, A. S. Byatt, Suzanne Cleminshaw, Andrew Conway, Jim Crace, Patricia Debney, K. M. Dersley, Maura Dooley, John Fuller, Janice Galloway, Lesley Glaister, Sarah Gracie, Romesh Gunesekera, Geogina Hammick, Jane Harris, Jonathan Holland, Grace Ingoldby, Philip Kerr, Helen McNeil, Candia McWilliam, Philip MacCann, Hilary Mantel, Ameena Meer, Joan Michelson, Julia O’Faolain, Katie O’Reilly, Ursula Owen, Peter Porter, Caroline Price, Simon Rae, Peter Redgrove, Daniel Richardson, Michele Roberts, Jane Rogers, Alan Rusbridger, Robert Saxton, Kate Sekules, Jo Shapcott, Penelope Shuttle, Matthew Singh-Toor, Elizabeth Smither, R. S. Thomas, Adam Thorpe, Charles Tomlinson, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Jane Westaway, Susan Wicks, Kit Wright

Published by Minerva 1994  £6.99  ISBN 0-7493-9748-9 pbk
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New Writing 2 * New Writing 2

Edited by Malcolm Bradbury and Andrew Motion

Contributors:
John Agard, Brian W. Aldiss, Simon Armitage, James Berry, Glyn Brown, Mackay Brown, Amit Chandhuri, Robert Crawford, Helen Dunmore, Steve Ellis, Patricia Ferguson, Roy Fisher, Ester Freud, Carlo Gebler, Sarah Gracie, Alison Habens, Selima Hill, Michael Hofmann, Ted Hughes, Michael Longley, George MacBeth, Norman MacCraig, E. A. Markham, Glyn Maxwell, John McGahern, Deborah Moggach, Edwin Morgan, Mary Morrissy, Paul Muldoon, Margaret Mulvihill, Grace Nichols, Kathy Page, C. M. Rafferty, Peter Reading, Christopher Reid, Carol Rumens, Robert Saxton, Helen Simpson, Iain Sinclair, Anne Stevenson, George Szirtes, Gillian Tindall, Fay Weldon, Matthew Whyman, Hugo Young

Published by Minerva 1993  £6.99  ISBN 0-7493-9853-1 pbk
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New Writing * New Writing

Edited by Malcolm Bradbury and Judy Cooke

Contributors:

Dannie Abse, Gilbert Adair, Paul Bailey, A. S. Byatt, Mel Calman, Wendy Cope, Paul Cox, Valentine Cunningham, Fred D’Aguiar, Suzannah Dunn, Carol Ann Duffy, Geoff Dyer, Lucy Ellmann, Penelope Fitzgerald, Lesley Glaister, Alasdair Gray, Georgina Hammick, Michael Ignatieff, Peter Kemp, James Lasdun, Doris Lessing, David Lodge, Philip MacCann, Hilary Mantel, Clare Morgan, Glyn Maxwell, Ben Okri, Craig Raine, Peter Reading, Graham Swift, Anthony Thwaite, Adam Thorpe, Rose Tremain, Marina Warner, Hugo Williams, Adam Zameenzad

Published by Minerva 1992  £16.99  ISBN 0-7493-9834-5 hbk
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