Following her own brilliant short story collection Multitudes, Lucy Caldwell guest edits the sixth volume of Faber's long running series of new Irish short stories, continuing the great work started by the late David Marcus and subsequent guest editors Kevin Barry, Deirdre Madden and Joseph O'Connor. Contributors to this richly diverse collection include: Kevin Barry, Eimear McBride, Lisa McInerney, Stuart Neville, Sally Rooney, Kit de Waal and Belinda McKeon

'BEING VARIOUS has a brilliant array of writers making waves in the twenty-first century, from lauded names to newcomers ranging from their twenties to their sixties; Irish by birth, by parentage, or residence.' Lucy Caldwell

Edited by prize-winning author and playwright Lucy Caldwell, BEING VARIOUS brings together original stories from Ireland's current golden age of writing with some exciting new voices, never before published.

About the Author
Lucy Caldwell was born in Belfast in 1981. She is the author of three novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and two collection of short stories: Multitudes and Intimacies. Her short stories have twice been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, and won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Canada and Europe) and the Edge Hill Readers' Choice Award. Other awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the George Devine Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571354108
Author Various
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm