num_pages: 80
description: Each day of 2015 Jan Carson wrote a short story on the back of a postcard and mailed it to a friend. Each of these tiny stories was inspired by an event an overheard conversation a piece of art or just a fleeting glance of something worth thinking about further. Collected in one volume Carsons postcards present a panoramic view of contemporary Belfast  its coffee shops streets and museums and airports  and offer it to the wider world. Even as they seem to spring from a writers solitary perspective taken together these observations and their distribution speak of human connectedness. Like a pleasant surprise in the mail this collection reminds us how many friendships are born and strengthened in a story shared. Illustrated by Benjamin Phillips.
language: English
title: Postcard Stories: Short Stories
publisher: The Emma Press Ltd