Barbara Black reads from Little Fortified Stories
(Caitlin Press)
About our reader
Barbara Black writes short and flash fiction, poetry and libretti. Her work has appeared in many publications and anthologies, including The Cincinnati Review, Geist, The Hong Kong Review and Bath Flash Fiction Award anthology 2020. Achievements include: Fiction Finalist, 2020 National Magazine Awards and Winner, 2017 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition. Barbara was shortlisted for the 2023 Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award and won First Prize in The Plaza Prizes Microfiction Contest and Second in their Flash Fiction category. Her debut book, Music from a Strange Planet, won the 2023 Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Award in Fiction, was a finalist in The Canadian Book Club Awards and won the international Wishing Shelf Book Award for Fiction. Her latest book, a recipient of the 2024 Firebird Book Award for Short Story, is Little Fortified Stories, a collection of micro and flash fiction. Barbara lives in Victoria, BC, where she gardens and loves to ride the twisties on her trusty Triumph motorcycle.
Photo of Barbara credit Erin Clayton Photography.
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Thanks to Barbara for reading from her book for All Lit Up’s third-annual Cozy Fest! You can learn more about Little Fortified Stories, and order from ALU or your fave local bookstore (via the Shop Local button), right here.
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