Sarah Butler writes novels and short fiction. She has been published in anthologies (Route, Tindal Street, Monsoon and Pen & Ink Press) and journals (including pulp.net and Litro), and has held various residencies, including writer-in-residence on the Central line, for Art on the Underground. Sarah lives in London and runs UrbanWords, a literature consultancy, which specialises in projects using creative writing as a way to explore and question our relationship to place. You can find out more at www.sarahbutler.org.uk and www.urbanwords.org.uk
Sarah Butler
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Sarah Butler - Rainbows Seen From The Air Are Complete Circles
Short Story. When an older man steals a cinnabar button off a vulnerable young singer’s coat, a strange, ephemeral alliance is formed. She follows him down Kentish Town Road to a house filled with colour and the possibility of change. From Wonderwall. Read by the author.
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Rainbows Seen From the Air (20:59)
Interviews
Story Inspiration Author Interviews - Route Book at Bedtime
The Route Book at Bedtime (Route 22) is designed for adult bedtime reading, a book of 12 stories that aims to capture those moments of deep emotional significance which return to us in our dreams. But what is the story behind the stories? Here 11 of the authors talk about the inspiration behind the work.
Books
The Route Book at Bedtime
‘Adult bedtime books don’t come much better than this.’
‘Exhilaratingly conceived books.’ – Metro
Wonderwall
Wonderwall (Route 16) was first published in 2005, at a time of an uncontrolled push to global citizenship, this collection of stories looked much closer to home.
‘Some of the best stories I have ever read.’ – BBCi