Tom Vowler is an award-winning novelist and short story writer living in the UK. A university lecturer with a PhD in creative writing, his work has featured on BBC radio and been translated into multiple languages. His forthcoming book is a collection of flash fiction and he is currently writing a memoir.
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                   Vowler's writing overflows with empathy, sensuality and arresting imagery.                                                                                                                                               Banshee          

​Every Seventh Wave is a tale of the fates we tether ourselves to, how seemingly benign encounters can provoke both hope and devastation.

News / Events
- Forthcoming title: The Trajectory of Ghosts. Pre-order here.
- Story 'Prophecy' published at Fictive Dream.
- 'Numbers' Third in Oxford Flash Fiction Prize. Read here. 
- 'Voyagers' winner of the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. Read here.
- A Personal Anthology - curated favourite stories. Read here.
- Story 'Ghost Rock' published in Banshee #16.
- 'Salvage' published in Barely South Review. Read here.
- 'Weltschmerz' published at Fictive Dream. Read here.
- Short story 'Gonna be a Poet' published in New Flash Fiction Review.
- 'Tuition' - (very) short story up at Ink, Sweat and Tears. Read here.
- Micro-fiction 'Accordion' featured in Fictive Dream. Read here.
- 'The Music Makers' finalist in the Oxford Flash fiction Prize.
- Micro fiction 'Bees' featured at Litro. Read here.
- Short story 'Ghost Writer' broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
- Story 'Triptych' featured in forthcoming issue of Seaborne Magazine.
- 'The Trajectory of Birds' - micro-fiction in Issue 6 of Splonk. Read here.
- 'Redefining our literary relationship with the ocean' - read here.
​- Interviewed by Kat Savage for The Brave Moment. Listen here.
​- Dazzling the Gods shortlisted for an ​International Rubery Award.
​- Poacher turned gamekeeper: the dark art of editing.
- Interviewed in The Lonely Crowd. Read here.
​- Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize.
- 'P is for Peregrine' - essay in the ​Wales Arts Review.
​- 'Art as response to atrocity' - on writing 'The Grandmaster of Gaza'.
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​Read a review of Every Seventh Wave here.

'A beautifully crafted and haunting book.'
Clare Wigfall

'A story capturing the dark, ethereal, redemptive forces of life and the sea. A richly written,
ambitious novel.'     
Cathy Galvin
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'A diverting read, compact and eloquently written.' 
Irish Times

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