We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of New Contexts: 6
Curating a collection such as New Contexts provides its editor with an interesting conundrum in that their job is not simply to trawl through all the submissions in order to find pieces they like. Of course personal preference plays a large part in the selection process, but the curator also has a responsibility to try and recognise the well-written unique and novel — and which, on one level, they may not actually like very much.
Having said this, I count myself very fortunate in that the vast majority of the work I receive is not only of good quality, but personally appealing; and whilst this might suggest that arriving at a final shortlist should therefore be easy, in many respects it makes it just as hard. If not harder. This is the sixth edition of New Contexts and, as ever, I find myself forced by practical constraints not to include some decent work I appreciate. The final selection is, inevitably, some kind of reflection on me — but primarily, I hope, it is a testament to the great writers who have offered up their work.
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher 
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