KITTY FITZGERALD

This is a highly readable short book; a political, ecological and cultural fable as a young girl and her father on a small island are confronted with the reality and cruelty of global market forces when the local well and water supply are annexed. For support they call upon the mythical powers of the manatee, a creature who we learn is the girls mother.The book is illustrated by Easington based artist Nicola Balfour whose artwork was on display at the IRON in the Soul Festival, where The Water Thief had its official launch.Kitty Fitzgerald has written plays for stage and radio, and has published four novels, including Pigtopia (Faber), which has been translated into 27 languages. IRON Press also published her short story collection Mirandas Shadow.

Jack Plum es un ser entrañable aquejado de una deformidad que le aparta de la vida cotidiana. Considerado por sus vecinos como un monstruo, vive recluido junto a su déspota madre en una casa de un pueblo del norte de Inglaterra. Supuestamente abandonado por su padre cuando era pequeño, Jack cuida de los animales que heredo de el: una piara de cerditos que Jack considera tan inteligentes como los seres humanos, aunque menos crueles. Sin embargo, el dia en que conoce a Holly la vida de Jack Plum toma un curso inesperado. De este encuentro surgira una amistad inolvidable y hermosa: ambos son seres solitarios y especiales, ambos simbolizan de algun modo la inocencia infantil. Pero un fatidico suceso les obligara a enfrentarse a un asunto escalofriante, propio del mundo adulto, lo que supondra para ambos el despertar despiadado a la madurez. Jack Plum y Holly Lock son los protagonistas de una de esas historias que influyen en nuestras vidas en un sentido positivo.

Root is a collection of short stories which re-affirm the North-Easts status as a vibrant area for new writing. The subjects of the 13 stories on show here range from the domestic family relationships, gardening, bullying, adoption and loss to the plain bizarre: a circus bearded lady, a woman who morphs into Elvis, and an insight into what God wears to work. The writers featured in Root include Avril Joy, Fiona Cooper, Amanda Baker and Rob Walton.Kitty Fitzgerald was born in Ireland, and now lives in Northumberland. A poet, playwright and novelist, her latest novel is Pigtopia (Faber, 2006), critically acclaimed in the Independent and the Scotsman and a finalist in the Barnes & Noble Discover Awards in the US in 2006. She has edited two anthologies of fiction for Iron Press: Iron Women: New Stories by Women (1990) and Biting Back: New Fiction from the North (2001). In 2009 her story The Bones of St Ignatious won the Latitude Festival / Notes from the Underground short-story competition.This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.

Shortlisted for the 2013 William Trevor / Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Award. Best known for her novels, Kitty Fitzgerald is also an accomplished short-story writer. Mirandas Shadow, her debut full collection, brings together a series of provocative, richly conceived stories that share the same dark, fabulous drama that saw her novel Pigtopia (Faber, 2006) garner such grand acclaim. Just what is Alice Noonans secret? And who is the strange wino with the voice of an angel? And why does nobody go in or out of the Faulkners house? These are tales of temptation, suspicion and murder from savage fairies to the photographer who saw too much."A writer of stylistic daring who cuts her own furrow."The ScotsmanKitty Fitzgerald was born in Ireland. Her short story The Bones of St Ignatius won the Notes from the Underground / Latitude Festival Short Story Competition in 2009. Her fourth novel, Pigtopia, was published by Faber in 2006, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the editor of the Iron Press anthology Root: New Stories by North-East Writers, published in February 2013. Four of her plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Northumberland.This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.

Una hermosa historia "de adolescentes" protagonizada por Jack, un muchacho introvertido que sufre una deformidad de nacimiento y que sólo se siente feliz y respaldado en compañía de sus cerdos. Cuando Jack conozca a la joven Holly nacera una entrañable relacion entre ellos.