In April 2011 Arola Editors of Tarragona published All Angles 1: Big Magic, the first anthology of short stories by writers in English in Catalonia. Edited by members of English writing groups in Girona, Barcelona and Tarragona, the book received good reviews and sold well both in Catalan bookshops and to students of Catalan in UK and American Universities. The anthology had a preface by Antoni Bassas, TV3´s correspondent in Washington which traced the long and fruitful links between the English language and Catalan culture.

Now for Christmas 2011 Arola has published All Angles 2: Souvenir, a new collection with seven more stories, each with its Catalan translation. Diversity of voice, style and subject matter was the aim of the editors and the seven new stories range from historical drama to the macabre. The first story ´ The Curious Contents of Don Alfonso’s Underpants` by Paul Connell, one of the collection´s editors, tells of a middle aged man losing something important and then deciding to live without it. ´ The Earthquake` by Belinda Parris is set against the background of the earthquake which devastated the Osona area in 1428. The title story ´Souvenir` by Sophie Cameron is about love, memory and forgetting. ´Crisis, what crisis?` by Susana Solanes traces a troubled mother´s visits to England as a teenager and then with her own teenage daughter. ´ The Dealer in Strange & Diverse Curiosities` by Hunter Tremayne is a dark tale of sorcery and revenge. ´Because of the Beach` by Sue Crampton is a stirring story of bravery and family loyalty in the aftermath of the Civil War. The final story ´ Llaves` by Regina Winkle-Bryan is about rootlessness and mobility.

Author Biogs

Sophie Cameron was born in Scotland and lived in Canada and France before moving to Barcelona. She is currently studying Comparative Literature and working on her first novel. Paul Connell was born in Fauldhouse, Scotland. He has worked as a social worker, barman, musician and English teacher. He and his wife Helen live in Tarragona where he organises ‘All Angles’- a group for writers in English. His favourite apple is still the Egremont Russet. Sue Crampton is a retired teacher and writer who has lived in Catalonia since 2001.She set up the Girona writers’ group amongst English speakers and was successful in a writing competition. She prefers writing stories based in the past; because for her fact is stranger than fiction. Belinda Jane Parris (Harare, Zimbabwe, 1963) has lived in Osona since 1973 and has three children. Studied with the Open University which gave her a lasting interest in self-learning . Currently supervising the L’Avenc de Tavertet project,  an educational, cultural and tourist centre and the protected land "Els Cingles de l'Avenc de Tavertet” with Caixa Catalunya.
Susana Solanes i Ricart was born in Lleida and lives in Cambrils, Tarragona. She first took a degree on English Philology from Universitat de Lleida and on Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She works as a teacher in a High School in Salou. Hunter Tremayne sold his first stories as a teenager, to British comics such as 2000 AD and Look-In. He is a novelist and playwright. His play Vermilion Wine, produced twice in New York, will be performed in Barcelona in 2011. He started the Barcelona’s Writer’s Group; it meets every Thursday. Regina Winkle-Bryan is a Barcelona-based freelance writer and photographer. When not eating tapas and exploring Europe, she is tending her balcony veggie garden and practicing Catalan. She co-edits TheSpainScoop.com and and has been published in Islands, Adbusters, Afar, and more. See more of her work at www.regwb.com