This volume is Vol 4 in the British Council's highly successful NEW WRITING series which, over the last few years, has promoted the best in contemporary literature. It brings together some of our most formidable talent, placing new names alongside more established ones, and offers contributions ranging from poetry to essays, from short stories to previews of novels in progress. The contributors include- A A Byatt, Tibor Fisher, John Fuller, Nadine Gordimer, Michael Hofmann, Alan Hollinghurst, A. L. Kennedy, Hanif Kureishi, Candia McWilliam, Andrew Motion, Michele Roberts, Fay Weldon.