Short Story Masterclass with… Colin Barrett

photo © Ben Brown, 2006

Short Story Masterclass
with Colin Barrett

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An exclusive THRESHOLDS collaboration with the
INTERNATIONAL SMALL WONDER SHORT STORY FESTIVAL,
recorded at Charleston Farmhouse, East Sussex.

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In the final instalment of this series of Short Story Masterclass podcasts, Jac Cattaneo talks with award winning author Colin Barrett about the things you leave out of a short story, fictionalised settings, articulating feelings, humour, and finding the ending of a story.

Colin Barrett was born in 1982 and grew up in County Mayo, Ireland. In 2014, Barrett’s debut collection of short stories, Young Skins, won the prestigious Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and the Guardian First Book Award. Barrett’s stories have been published in The Stinging Fly magazine and in the anthologies Sharp Sticks, Driven Nails and Town and Country.

In the podcast, Colin Barrett reads from ‘The Clancy Kid’ and ‘Calm with Horses’.

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Listen to the
Short Story Masterclass
with Colin Barrett

(38 minutes)

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Jac Cattaneo is an artist, writer and lecturer in Fine Art and Creative Writing. Her prize-winning short stories and poems have been published in a wide range of journals and anthologies. Jac is currently studying for her PhD at the University of Chichester and writing a novel. She tweets @jaccattaneo

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With warm thanks to the organisers of the
International Small Wonder Short Story Festival.