White Review Short Story Prize shortlistee Claire Carroll‘s debut collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer, has been named “Book of the Week” by Voce Books.

Included in The Times’ “12 of the UK’s Best Independent Bookshops” 2024 list, you can visit Voce Books in Birmingham, or on X @vocebooks.

The Unreliable Nature Writer is out now.

In a grand mansion, a woman recounts a dream of social stability and home ownership to a bizarre tribunal who will determine her future.

At a campsite, ordinary families swarm to pass their sweltering summer holiday – and just off the coast, the rich and powerful enjoy a different kind of holiday from static cruise ships.

In suburbia, a woman, a beloved wife and mother, begins an affair with the humanoid robot her husband has brought home.

In this debut collection of short stories, Claire Carroll plunges us into darkly funny visions of a near future, where late capitalism, climate anxiety and personal loss intersect.

Get your copy of The Unreliable Nature Writer here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

Follow Claire on Twitter @C_CRRLL and on Instagram @cccrrll.