Raw Material
Raw Material
Sue Wilsea
Paperback
Longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2017
Raw Material is the second collection of short stories from one of Hull’s foremost twenty-first century writers. Some of the characters in these tales are writers too – others are murderers, some are both. One is Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant. Some may not be human; but that would be telling…
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Imprint: Valley Press
Published: November 2016
ISBN: 9781908853783
Catalogue no: VP0095
Page count: 128
Trim size: 190 x 120 mm
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Praise for Raw Material:
‘Do not expect gentle bedtime stories from Sue Wilsea’s latest collection. Rather, expect to grip your seat in anticipation … of wonderful words that grip and explode and then tug earnestly at your inner self.’
— Val Wood
‘This wise, beautiful collection explores themes of living and dying, succeeding and failing, loving and hating, creating and failing to create. The stories’ narrators are a delight … I was completely engrossed by this collection from start to finish.’
— Cassandra Parkin
About the author
Sue Wilsea was born in Portsmouth in 1952, and now lives in East Yorkshire. She has taught English in schools, colleges, libraries, community centres, prisons, and on the Creative Writing degree at the University of Hull. Her short story collections with Valley Press include Staying Afloat (2012) and Raw Material (2016), which was longlisted for the 2017 Edge Hill Short Story Prize.