Tania Hershman: “Walking the White Road: flash, fiction and science” Tour
Tania Hershman: The White Road and Other Stories
What links a café in Antarctica, a factory for producing electronic tracking tags and a casino where gamblers can wager their shoes? They’re among the multiple venues where award-winning writer Tania Hershman sets her unique tales in this spellbinding debut collection.
Fleeing from tragedy, a bereaved mother opens a cafe on the road to the South Pole. A town which has always suffered extreme cold enjoys sudden warmth. A stranger starts plaiting a young woman’s hair. A rabbi comes face to face with an angel in a car park. An elderly woman explains to her young carer what pregnancy used to mean before science took over. A middle-aged housewife overcomes a fear of technology to save her best friend. A desperate childless woman resorts to extreme measures to adopt. A young man’s potential is instantly snuffed out by Nature’s whims. A lonely widow bakes cakes in the shape of test tubes and DNA.
A number of these stories are inspired by articles from science magazines, taking fact as their starting points and wondering what might happen if…? In these surreal, lyrical stories, many of which are only a few pages long, Tania Hershman allows her imagination free reign, as her characters navigate through love, death, friendship, spirituality, mental illness and the havoc wreaked by the weather.
On Tania’s book tour, Walking the White Road: flash, fiction and science discover:
- The author has won prizes for her stories which have been widely published in British, American and international literary journals, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
- The author is a former science journalist who imaginatively marries fiction and science in the here and now.
- The writer is originally from London and now lives in Jerusalem, Israel.
- This may be the first short story collection to be “offset” by planting a tree for every copy sold.
| Stops | Tour Date | Blog |
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| 1 | 28 October 2008 | Keeper of the Snails |
| 2 | 5 November 2008 | Literary Minded: Angela Meyer |
| 3 | 9 November 2008 | Vanessa Gebbie’s News |
| 4 | 18 November 2008 | Sue Guiney: Me and Others |
| 5 | 26 November 2008 | Tim Jones: Books in the Trees |
| 6 | 2 December 2008 | Eric Forbes’ Book Addict’s Guide to Good Books |
| 7 | 10 December 2008 | Eco-libris |
| 8 | 16 December 2008 | Kelly Spitzer |
| 9 | 23 December 2008 | Kanlaon |
| 10 | 29 December 2008 | Thoughts from Botswana |
| 11 | 6 January 2009 | Debi Alper |
October 16th, 2008 at 8:53 am
What a wonderful idea this is. I’m so thrilled to be taking part!
Sue Guiney
October 16th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Me too! Looking forward to it!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
[...] my leg of Tania Hershman’s virtual book tour, as part of Salt Publishing’s new ‘Cyclone’ project. Related PostsEatbooks Literary [...]
October 20th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
[...] Tania will be appearing. On December 16th, she will be stopping by here, so mark your calendars!Via Salt Publishing: What links a café in Antarctica, a factory for producing electronic tracking tags and a casino [...]
October 24th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Delighted to be a stopping post on your tour.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Fancy spending some virtual time in Ireland? The scenery is fab and the craic is mighty.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Yay, the tour has begun! How exciting!
Barbara – I’d love to come to Ireland, one of my favourite places. How do I contact you?
October 28th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
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November 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Great Tania, I’ll get in touch with you – I’ve found an email for you
November 4th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
[...] agreed to host Tania on her worldwide blog tour, organised by Salt Publishing, as I (obviously) really enjoyed the experience of reading The White [...]
November 13th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
[...] is working with Tania Hershman, whose first book – a tree is planted for every copy printed of “The White Road and Other Stories”. Our blog (http://ecolibris.blogspot.com) will also take part in her virtual tour. [...]
November 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
[...] Guiney, photo by Andre AinsworthSue Guiney is covering Tania Hershman’s book tour, Walking the White Road. She has a personal Web site here [...]
November 26th, 2008 at 10:24 am
[...] Jones is taking part in Tania Hershman’s book tour, Walking the White Road, through his blog “Tim Jones: Books in the [...]