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The Best of CaféLit 12 Paperback – July 19 2023

by Multiple (Author), Gill James (Editor)
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This year we present a selection of some of the best stories from each month. There is a balance of longer and shorter stories, darker and lighter tales, serious and funny prose, experimental and conventional. Many of them invite you to reflect. There is also a welcome balance of old friends, writers who have contributed to CaféLit over the years, and of new voices.

Each story in this little volume is the right length and quality for enjoying as you sip the assigned drink in your favourite Creative Café. You need never feel alone again in a café. So what’s the mood today? Espresso? Earl Grey tea? Hot chocolate with marshmallows? You'll find most drinks in our drinks index.

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  1. Print length
    234 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    July 19 2023
  4. Dimensions
    13.97 x 1.35 x 21.59 cm
  5. ISBN-10
    1915762030
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1915762030
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chapeltown Books (July 19 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1915762030
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1915762030
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 367 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.35 x 21.59 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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  1. Allison Symes

    Allison Symes

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    I'm Allison Symes. I write flash fiction and short stories.

    I have been published online and in print by Bridge House Publishing, Cafelit, Iron Press and Chapeltown Books, who published my first flash fiction collection, From Light to Dark and Back Again in 2017.

    I'm delighted to say my second flash fiction collection, Tripping The Flash Fantastic, has now been published by Chapeltown Books.

    I was one of the winners of the 2020 Waterloo Arts Festival Writing Competition with my story, Books and the Barbarians. I've been one of the winners for this competition three years in a row. Please see Transforming Communities, To Be...To Become and Transforming Being as these are the compilations of the winning entries. Later in 2020 there should be a paperback of these three ebooks.

    I also blog for Chandler's Ford Today, an online community magazine, and usually on topics of interest to other writers. I also write for online writing magazine, Writers' Narrative, and am one of their team of editors. I am also a freelance editor and run workshops on that and on flash fiction.

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  2. Dawn Knox

    Dawn Knox

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    Dawn spent much of her childhood making up stories filled with romance, drama and excitement. She loved fairy tales, although if she cast herself as a character, she’d more likely have played the part of the Court Jester than the Princess. She didn’t recognise it at the time, but she was searching for the emotional depth in the stories she read. It wasn’t enough to be told the Prince loved the Princess, she wanted to know how he felt and to see him declare his love. She wanted to see the wedding. And so, she’d furnish her stories with those details.

    Nowadays, she hopes to write books that will engage readers’ passions. From poignant stories set during the First World War, to the zany antics of the inhabitants of the fictitious town of Basilwade; and from historical romances, to the fantasy adventures of a group of anthropomorphic animals led by a chicken with delusions of grandeur, she explores the richness and depth of human emotion.

    A book by Dawn will offer laughter or tears – or anything in between, but if she touches your soul, she’ll consider her job well done.

    She has been a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards for 2017 and 2020, Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2018 and Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award 2018.

    Dawn has also written two plays about the First World War, which have been performed in England, Germany and France.

    If you'd like to receive some free stories and added information about her books as well as an email newsletter from Dawn, please sign up on her blog https://dawnknox.com

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Sheena C Bamsey
5.0 out of 5 stars Tales picked with great care for your head, heart and soul!
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2023
This is a brilliant collection of short stories, all magically evocative. Particularly so, Julie Wise’s Tea and Turpentine. Her tale captures and portrays such a pure love, caught at a moment, a realization of how special it has been. I think everyone will feel it viscerally and respond as I did, very personally, to her poignant tale.

Each story gives you a new reason to continue to enjoy yet another, with the recommended café beverage or not, moving on to the next shared discovery with this lovely selection, picked seemingly with great care for your head, heart and soul.
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p j m pavlosky
5.0 out of 5 stars kudos to the editor
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2023
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I purchased this compilation because a friend had written one of the stories (Fleur Lind) . I have bought books like this previously but until now I have never liked EVERY SINGLE story in the book. I would end the day with one or two stories, enjoying each one. Praise to the editor for the choices made. Thanks for a fun read.
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Pam Keevil
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for bedtime or holiday reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2023
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First, I loved the structure of the book, with stories assigned to each month and with each one designated a drink to enjoy while reading. Brilliant idea. The stories are all a pleasure to read and so diverse. I was particularly struck by the portrayal of extreme cold in January’s offering by Jim Bates, the poignancy of the disappointment of Ma in Never Count Your Chickens, the true-life pain and reconciliation in S. Nadja Zajdman’s How My Mum Came to Forgive Omar Sharif and Dawn DeBraal’s Good Times with a portrayal of a burgeoning friendship between two senior citizens. But every story brings something different and as each one is short, it’s the perfect book for the bedside table or the sun lounger. And add a drink of your own choice, of course!
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5.0 out of 5 stars because I am in it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2023
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Nice selection of stories
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