Ali Smith

Ali Smith is a writer, born in 1962 in Inverness Scotland, to working-class parents. She was raised in a council house in Inverness and now lives in Cambridge. She studied at the University of Aberdeen, and then at Cambridge, for a PhD. that...

In this article: Orange Prize for Fiction, Man Booker Prize, Hotel World, Cambridge, University of Strathclyde, Encore Award, The Guardian, University of Aberdeen, and Chronic fatigue syndrome

...NHS Highland not to axe a 14-bed rehabilitation unit which prepares elderly patients to return home after a stay in hospital. Ali Smith, a Whitbread Prize-winner, said Ward 2C at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness is a "vital facility" and...

In this article: Inverness, Booker Prize, World War II, The Accidental, Raigmore Hospital, and Cambridge

...Denoon with his book in Inverness at the weekend. Sandy McCook AN INVERNESS teacher who taught English to award-winning novelist Ali Smith in the 1970s has published his debut book. Brian Denoon's memoir, Do You Say Sir To Your Father? is...

In this article: Inverness High School, Charleston Academy, Aberdeen University, The Accidental, and Inverness

...as have several literary heavyweights including Ian McEwan, Sarah Waters, Irvine Welsh, Anthony Horowitz, Antony Beevor, Ali Smith, Carol Ann Duffy and Andrew Motion. The campaign organisers, led by Franny Armstrong, the film-maker...

In this article: The Guardian, Carbon, Franny Armstrong, Copenhagen, Britain, The Age of Stupid, Climate change, Global warming, Tate Modern, and London

...and submissions from new and unpublished writers will be combined in the magazine. The last edition was launched by renowned author Ali Smith, and included work by writers Douglas Dunn, Tom Bryan, Andrew Murray Scott, and Amy Krouse...

In this article: Dundee University and Douglas Dunn

...tale of a middle-aged narrator encountering his dead father in a pub. In Fire we have characteristically good stories from Ali Smith and Sebastian Faulks, but the plum is a chapter from an unpublished novel by the American writer...

In this article: Oxfam, God, Dog, Hay-on-Wye, and Louise Welsh

...(206pp) (free p&p) from the Independent Bookshop : 0870 079 8897 The First Person and Other Stories, By Ali Smith Smith proves she has not just perfected the art of writing the short story but also mastered the ability to make mischief...

In this article: The Accidental and Hotel World

...First Person and Other Stories. Ali Smith. Pantheon. 206 pages. $23.95. In the story that opens Ali Smith's daring new collection, the narrator -- is it Smith? -- eavesdrops on two men at a cafe who are discussing literature. One man...

In this article: Man Booker Prize, Tories, Cancer, The Accidental, Hotel World, The Miami Herald, Porgy and Bess, and Cutty Sark

Article:'The First Person,' by Ali Smith:/c/a/2009/01/02/RVU514SR9V.DTL The Scottish writer Ali Smith, whose novels "Hotel World" and "The Accidental" were both short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, has arranged her fourth short-story...

In this article: Man Booker Prize, The Accidental, Hotel World, and New York City

...in full you must be registered with the site. Book review: The First Person and Other Stories, by Ali Smith Published Date: 05 October 2008 Ali Smith takes risks in her latest collection of tales, but they all have a charming...

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