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Aisha Bushby's short story "Marionette Girl" follows Amani and her family as they learn to cope with Amani's OCD symptoms.
An introduction to A Change Is Gonna Come from three of our contributing authors. Featuring top Young Adult authors and introducing a host of exciting new v...
In August 2017, Stripes Publishing will publish A Change Is Gonna Come, an anthology of short stories and poetry for young adults written by authors from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. A range of established writers are contributing a short story on the theme of change: Tanya Byrne, Inua Ellams, Catherine Johnson, Patrice Lawrence, Ayisha Malik, Irfan Master, Nikesh Shukla and Lemn Sissay. The cover will be illustrated by Lucy Banaji.
In addition, they are launching an open call for submissions from unpublished and unagented writers, with room for a number of new authors to be added to the line-up.
The deadline is February 28th, with full information here.
In the video above, Ayisha Malik, Nikesh Shukla and Irfan Master talk about why they’re excited to be contributing to the anthology, and why now is such a good time to be publishing this project.
Good luck everyone!
Check out the exclusive A Change Is Gonna Come anthology video!
Happy #BookBirthday to this beauty, a collection of short stories from 14 #UKYA authors in aid of Crisis homelessness charity at Christmas. From Holly Bourne to Benjamin Zephaniah, these stories reflect on what it means to be home. #publicationday #books #bookstagtram #booknerdigans #booklover #bookworm #youngadult #youngadultbooks #ukya #bookblogger #booktube #book📚 #anthology #Christmas #christmasgift #Christmas2016 #charity
Review: A really heartwarming collection of short stories by UKYA authors about all the different ways teenagers feel about their homes. Some are incredibly touching - Non Pratt & Cat Clarke’s in particular were my favourites. As well as portraying a range of income classes, the characters are diverse in race and sexuality and personality. You couldnt ask for a better collection of short stories for christmas!
“’Merry Christmas
Everyone’ by Shakin’
Stevens is crackling
out of the ancient
radio. It reminds
me of the CD Mum
used to play every
year as her Christmas
present-wrapping
soundtrack, singing
along tunelessly,
pausing every so
often to swear at
the sellotape dispenser.”
- Lisa Williamson
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“All about the town, lights
are roped, more gaudy than
a landlady’s jewellery.
Strings of treasure they
are, a sign that joy is
around the corner. Unless
the way they wink only
reminds you how distant life
is from a Christmas card scene.”
Julie Mayhew
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“You would not believe the
Christmases we had when
I was a kid. Of course, Mum
always got drunk and started
a row, if she was there at all,
that is. But that didn’t matter
because dad was there. Never
mind the Queen. Never mind\the pan-Asian alliance asking
his advice. Neer mind riots
in Manchester. Always
be home for Christmas with
the kids, that was his motto.”
- Melvin Burgess
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“Tamsin’s house smelled
of freshly baked cookies,
cinnamon and pine needles
- quintessential Christmas
- but it still didn’t smell quite
right to me. Like it was a
smell from a bottle, sprayed
around to convince me everything
was perfect. Except there
were actual homemade cookies
on the plate in Tamsin’s
hand as she walked out of
the kitchen, beaming. And
the huge tree in the hallway
looked real too.”
- Katy Cannon
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“The blizzard began around
lunch time on Christmas
Eve, flat flakes tumbling
down from an already
darkening sky. The village
huddled in silence. From
her window, Holly watched
the snow descend on
deserted street. Fires
burned in every hearth,
smoke rising up from
the chimneys in silent,
slender trails.”
- Tom Becker
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“To be honest, I see the Christmas
suff happening around me like
a trailer for a film I don't get to
watch in full; like those adverts
on TV where one big happy family
sits down at a glittering table with
a shiny turkey and everybody is
so frigging happy. It’s not my world.”
- Tracy Darnton
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“Where there is houses
in village, windows show
Christmas tree lights shining
and I feel little better. But
everything I am watching
from outside. Like last
week in class we watch
‘Christmas Carol’ by Charles
Dickens, when this boy
is looking at happiness
through the window. This
is my first Christmas here.
I still feeling on outside
of window looking in.”
- Sita Brahmachari
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“I’ve got that ‘Driving
Home for Christmas’
song stuck in my head
on loop even though,
technically, I’m not.
It’s Christmas Eve Eve
Eve and the train is
packed. I had to ask
Crisp Man to move his
brief case off my seat
and he wasn’t happy
about it. I asked if his
brief case had bought
its own ticket. He didn’t
like that either.”
- Juno Dawson
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
‘“You get a good toy?” He pointed
to my bright cardboard
box and I could see the
meat in his mouth as he
talked.
I tipped the box
over and a neon pink pony
fell out. “Just a heavily
gendered plastic horse.”
I replied.’
- Holly Bourne
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“They stand up, slap the dust
from their trousers, and
set off up the high street.
They walk side by side,
with unconcerned ease,
like two indomitable cowboys,
Dusty and Slim, moseying,
on up to the bunkhouse,
after a hard morning’s work.”
- Kevin Brooks
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“I don’t understand how this
boy that I don’t even know
very well - and these
people I’ve only just met
- can make me feel so comfortable.
Everything’s
just easier here, A.J. may
not think that we’re friends
yet, but I would definitely
like to be.”
- Cat Clarke
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“He recited A Vision from St Nicholas,
all fifty-something lines of it, and
as he did, Amira’s smile grew
wider and Grey’s gaze drifted
until, when he finished, they
both cheered and applauded
as if they were crazy, then all
three of them got the giggles
while the station flew on at 17,000
miles an hour, and the sun
came up for the second time
that day and the black yawned
away to infinity, infinity, infinity.”
- Marcus Sedwick
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“When we pass my old house
I notice there’s still no
wreath on the knocker, no
fairy lights wrapped round
the columns by the door
or looped in the holly
bush. No sign that anyone
is looking forward to Christmas
the way we all used to.”
- Non Pratt
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback
“What makes a home at Christmas?
Is it he who offers me a smile?
Or she that stops to talk a while?
Some spare cash in an envelope?
Or they that stop and offer hope?”
- Benjamin Zephaniah
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is out today!
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Stories by Benjamin Zephaniah, Non Pratt, Marcus Sedgwick, Cat Clarke, Kevin Brooks, Holly Bourne, Juno Dawson, Sita Brahmachari, Tracy Darnton, Tom Becker, Katy Cannon, Melvin Burgess, Julie Mayhew, Lisa Williamson Cover illustration by William Grill Published 22nd September 2016 RRP £7.99 ISBN 978 1 84715 772 0 Paperback