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Adam Marek is award-winning short story writer. His first story collection Instruction manual for swallowing was nominated for the Frank O’Connor Prize. He won the 2011 Arts Foundation Short Story Fellowship. In 2010, he was shortlisted for the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.

His stories have also appeared in Prospect magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Stinging Fly and Riptide, and in many anthologies including Lemistry, Litmus and The new uncanny from Comma Press, and The Best British Short Stories 2011. His second story collection is due out in July 2012.

‘Tales as playful and emotionally resonant as they are disturbing…delightful.’ The Guardian


All this week, I am the guest editor on the National Post‘s book blog, The Afterword. I’ve written four posts for them about writing, reading, and the inspiration behind a few of the stories in Instruction Manual For Swallowing. I’ll add the links below as each one is posted.


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