Book Review.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith Headline Publishing Group (London: 2012) 3 out of 5 stars Recommended for girls aged 13-20 The Statistical Probability of … Continued

The Great Novella Search.

What do George Orwell’s Animal Farm, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Ernest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Albert Camus’s The Stranger, and Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis all … Continued

Reading the Right Things.

Maybe you read to distract yourself and escape into a reality that is not your own; possibly you are motivated by the prospect of learning new things and accumulating new … Continued

Readings.

When I was enrolling to study (writing and editing) years ago, one of the teachers told me a prerequisite of the course was monthly readings, and that there was an … Continued

Launch.

Whilst Busybird has been around for over fifteen years, for the bulk of that time we were a business focused on design and photography. Our evolution into publishing has been … Continued

A Vignette with A.S. Patric.

How/why did you get into writing? If literature is a mirror on life, writers are the kinds of people that don’t really see themselves in sheets of glass or mirrors. … Continued

And the winner is …

Oh boy, there’s so much happening here at Busybird HQ at the moment and May is going to be the biggest month as we open our doors to the public … Continued

The Short List

After much deliberation, we’ve narrowed down the stories to this shortlist for the [untitled] short story competition for 2013. Winner will be announced on 1 May. Congratulations to these people: … Continued