Zadie Smith to Publish Her First Short Story Collection Next Year

Zadie Smith shot to fame in the year 2000 with the release of her first novel White Teeth. Four novels later and the author has announced that she plans to publish her first short story collection next year in 2019.

Called Grand Union, the collection will include ten brand new short stories as well as several of her best previously published stories. As The Book Seller reports, Grand Union will weave old and new stories together and, as Smith’s publisher states, will offer “a wise, playful and richly varied portrait of the world as seen by the one and only Zadie Smith”.

The book’s cover has been revealed on Twitter and was designed by Jonathan Gray. The collection is set to be released on October 3, 2019.