Dance Move

In Wendy Erskine's Dance Move, a collection of short stories set in Belfast, characters grapple with the weight of their desires and the limitations of reality. The book explores themes of love, loss, and the complexities of human relationships, with each story offering a glimpse into the hugeness of life. Erskine's writing is praised for its comic brilliance, ingenuity, and emotional depth, earning her a place among the leading writers of short fiction.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 09 February 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

One of the greats - Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies
Comic brilliance - Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations
Ingenious - The Irish Times
Daring, funny, heartbreaking - Observer

Following the prize-winning Sweet Home, Wendy Erskine's Belfast is once again illuminated. Meet Drew Lord Haig, called on to sing an obscure hit from his youth at a paramilitary event. Meet Max as he recalls an eventful journey to a Christian film festival. And Mrs. Dallesandro, who dreams of being a teenager again as she sits in a tanning salon on her wedding anniversary. In these stories, Erskine's characters' wishes and hopes often fall short of their grasp. Brilliantly drawn, Dance Move is about the hugeness of life as seen through glimpses of the everyday.

A masterpiece - David Keenan, author of Monument Maker

Wendy Erskine's debut, Sweet Home, was pitch perfect. . . .

Dance Move is equally brilliant - The Daily Mail

Erskine's stories open slight, but they contain more than it seems possible for short stories to contain - Keith Ridgway, author of Hawthorn & Child

She isn't just one of the leading writers of short fiction at work today but one of the leading writers, period. - Matt Rowland Hill, author of Original Sins

As Read on BBC Radio 4

Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize

Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards

Short Story of the Year

The Irish Times

Books of the Year 2022

Weight: 178g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529085228