NORA NADJARIAN: I'm (sort of) Back... with Big News

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I'm (sort of) Back... with Big News

Well, what a hectic few weeks! Had a couple of acceptances, a few "maybe"s, and I think a "no".

but the Really Big News is...

... a chapbook of my "fairy-tale" related short stories is going to be published by Folded Word in 2011!

I'm really excited. Big thanks to Jessi Graustein for encouraging me from the word "go".

4 comments:

Ethel RohanFebruary 18, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Congratulations, Nora!
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Eric BeenyFebruary 18, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Congratulations on your chapbook, Nora. And I really liked "Cheque Republic." It's great sharing all this space with you...
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Nora NadjarianFebruary 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Thanks Ethel and Eric! You have no idea what your encouragement means to me!!! Eric, congrats to you too. Let's keep in touch...
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Jane WalkerFebruary 25, 2010 at 11:41 PM
Hey - I can't wait to order a copy..
er.. what is a chap book?
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Biography

Nora Nadjarian is an award-winning Cypriot poet and writer. She has represented Cyprus at literary events and festivals in Europe and elsewhere, including Frankfurt Book Fair and Dresdner Bardinale and within the framework of EU2016, in the poetry project ‘In European Poetry I want to live’ (Amsterdam).

Her work has been cited or published in the Guardian, the Irish Times and the Telegraph and has also won prizes and commendations in international competitions, including the Commonwealth Short Story Competition, the Féile Filíochta International Poetry Competition, the Binnacle International Ultra-Short Competition and the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize. Her work deals with the themes of women, refugees, identity, exile, love and loss, as well as the political situation in Cyprus.

In Cyprus she is best known for her book of short stories “Ledra Street” (2006) but has had poetry and short fiction published internationally. Her work was included in A River of Stories, an anthology of tales and poems from across the Commonwealth, illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski, Best European Fiction 2011 (Dalkey Archive Press), Being Human (Bloodaxe Books, 2011) and Capitals (Bloomsbury, 2017).Her latest publication is the collection of short stories Selfie (Roman Books, 2017) and her short plays “Mermaid” and “Catalina” were recently performed at the Old Red Lion theatre in London.

Her special interest lies in the teaching of creative writing. In recent years she has facilitated several creative writing workshops– in English, Greek and German – at schools, universities and prisons in Cyprus and Germany.