Kate Pullinger 
Waving at the Gardener 
The Asham Award Short-Story Collection

”As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the
whole world” Virginia Woolf



Asham House in

Sussex was once home to Virginia and Leonard Woolf and is the

inspiration behind the Asham Award. Launched in 1996 to support and

encourage new writers, it is Britain”s only prize for short stories by

women.




Waving at the Gardener

presents the twelve fresh, engaging and original voices shortlisted for

the Asham Short-Story Award 2009, as well as four specially commissioned

new stories by beloved authors Margaret Atwood, Esther Freud, Alison

Mac Leod and Yiyun Li.