Once Upon a Time There Was a Traveller

Virago Press and the Asham Award, the foremost prize for stories by women, present a collection of tales to send you to places you've never been before. . .

Here are tales of people who travel far and those who stay at home and dream; of strange things in suitcases; of roads that should not have been taken; of exotic cities and shabby towns. Some are running away, and some are travelling to come home.

With new stories from well-known writers, including Helen Dunmore, and an Angela Carter fable, this is a book to tuck in your backpack, your valise or to enjoy, deep in your armchair, for no one can fail to be hooked by those beguiling words: once upon a time there was a traveller. . .

The Asham Award was set up by the Asham Literary Endowment trust in 1995 to encourage and promote new women's writing. It is the only short story competition whose winners and runners-up are published alongside some of our best known women writers. Past collections have included specially commissioned stories by Margaret Atwood, Helen Dunmore, A. L. Kennedy, Deborah Moggach, Carol Shields, Helen Simpson, and A.L. Kennedy.

Virago Press and the Asham Award, the foremost prize for stories by women, present a collection of tales to send you to places you've never been before . . . Here are stories of people who journey far and those who get as far as their dreams;of strange things in suitcases and of roads that should not have been taken; of exotic cities and shabby seaside towns; of leaving lovers to hit the open road; of the humour that comes of getting lost abroad. Some are about running away, and some about coming home. With new stories from Helen Dunmore and Susie Boyt and a tale by Angela Carter, this is a book to tuck in your backpack, your case, your carryon or, to enjoy, deep in your armchair. You are about to go on a wonderful journey... ........... The Sussex home of Virginia Woolf - Asham House - has been the source and support of this celebrated prize since 1995. This year's collection was judged by Helen Dunmore, Sara Wheeler and Virago's Lennie Goodings Fiction

Virago Press and the Asham Award, the foremost prize for stories by women, present a collection of tales to send you to places you've never been before. . .Here are tales of people who travel far and those who stay at home and dream; of strange things in suitcases; of roads that should not have been taken; of exotic cities and shabby towns. Some are running away, and some are travelling to come home.With new stories from well-known writers, including Helen Dunmore, and an Angela Carter fable, this is a book to tuck in your backpack, your valise or to enjoy, deep in your armchair, for no one can fail to be hooked by those beguiling words: once upon a time there was a traveller. . .

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