Adam Marek

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My new short story collection is out now

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My third short story collection, The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need, is out now. Here's a little about it: Plant-based skyscrapers, reluctant sex robots, pencil-wielding black-belts fighting a zombie apocalypse...  Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Adam Marek’s third collection: an almanac of the absurd, … [Read more...]

New short story in the Royal Academy magazine

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The Royal Academy magazine recently commissioned me to write a short story for their summer 2019 issue. It's part of a series where they ask writers to pick any piece of art in the world, and write a short story inspired by it - previous writers have included Eimear McBride, Jonathan Lethem, Deborah Levy, Ali Smith, Tessa Hadley, Jane Rogers, … [Read more...]

Pale Blue Dots – my new short story on Radio 4

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I have a new short story on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 14 December 2018 at 3:45pm. It's called Pale Blue Dots, and it's about what happens when our personal virtual assistants (like Siri and Alexa) get too clever for our own good.  Thanks so much to Jeremy Osborne at Sweet Talk Productions for commissioning and producing the story, and to Teresa … [Read more...]

My night in a sleep lab

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Earlier this year, I got to spend a night in a sleep lab at Manchester University for a new story commission. It was for Spindles: Stories from the Science of Sleep - the latest in Comma Press's series of science-inspired fiction. When I first found out I'd get to have electrodes glued to my head and be part of an experiment, I was so excited, but … [Read more...]

The Penguin Book of the British Short Story

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I'm so thrilled that my story The 40-Litre Monkey has been included in The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. Editor Philip Hensher read over 6,000 short stories, going all the way back to Daniel Defoe, to make his selection for this incredibly handsome two-volume collection of British short stories. I can't quite believe that my story is … [Read more...]

The Beijing Bookworm Festival in bullet points

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I just got back from the most amazing trip to the Beijing Bookworm Festival. Thanks so much to the Bookworm and to the British Council for taking me over there, along with awesome short story writers Zoe Gilbert and Rachel Tresize. What a treat. Here's my report of the week's highlights, in bullet points. Meet Zoe and Rachel at Heathrow. Mutual … [Read more...]