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​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 latest book is a collection of flash fiction.   
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Vowler's writing overflows with empathy, sensuality and arresting imagery.
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News / Events
- Latest title: The Trajectory of Ghosts. 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. Listen 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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  • HOME
  • BOOKS
    • The Trajectory of Ghosts
    • EVERY SEVENTH WAVE
    • DAZZLING THE GODS
    • THAT DARK REMEMBERED DAY
    • WHAT LIES WITHIN
    • THE METHOD
  • JOURNALS
  • contact
  • Forum