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Adam Byatt

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Adam Byatt is a high school English teacher, developing artist, and occasional drummer sifting through the ennui, minutiae and detritus of life and cataloguing them as potential story ideas. He describes his writing as ‘suburban realism' exploring the stories behind the brick and fibro ...more

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Average rating: 4.57 · 155 ratings · 43 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.81 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing but Flowers: Tales of Post Apocalyptic Love by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Adamson (Contributing author), Rebecca Dobbie (Contributing author) 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eighty Nine by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca L. Dobbie, Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vine Leaves Literary Journal: A Collection of Vignettes from Across the Globe by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C. Wade Bentley (Contributor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal, Issue Six, Winter 2014 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Henry (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postmarked Piper's Reach by Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author), Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of Friday Flash Volume Two by J.M. Strother (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Blackbirdsong (Editor), Timothy Collard 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mount Pleasant 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal, Issue Eight, Summer 2014 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Henry (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	eFiction Magazine December 2011 by SM Rosenberg, Leila Gaskin (Goodreads Author), Marcin Wrona (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Ravenous Girls by Rebecca Burton (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"Ravenous Girls" is a superb novella from Finlay Lloyd's 20/40 Prize. Slim in size but carrying with it the weight of its narrative focus. It is 1985, and 14 year old Frankie recounts the time her sister, Justine, was admitted to hospital for an eati ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing HEAT (Series 3 Number 2) by Alexandra Christie	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Ravenous Girls by Rebecca Burton (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"Ravenous Girls" is a superb novella from Finlay Lloyd's 20/40 Prize. Slim in size but carrying with it the weight of its narrative focus. It is 1985, and 14 year old Frankie recounts the time her sister, Justine, was admitted to hospital for an eati ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing The Sea Chest by Kerry Greer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this on the back of Dani Netherclift’s “Vessel” (Upswell Publishing) which also deals with loss and grief, and I was not prepared for the impact this work would have. Grief is often characterised as an individual emotion, an experience best und ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Vessel: the shape of absent bodies by Dani Netherclift	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was the most beautifully evocative and heartwrenching read. I don't have enough superlatives to praise the scope, breadth, depth and lyricism of this work. I devoured it in a day. I was not going to bed last night until I had finished. This work o ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Winning Short Story Competitions: Essential Tools for the Serious Writer by L.E. Daniels (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The title is a great hook to get you into this practical advice about writing. This text would be invaluable to a new writer looking to improve their craft and skill. It has a range of examples and exercises to demonstrate the different facets of wri ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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