• The Midwife of Torment – audio

    Midwife of Torment and Other Stories is a collection of sudden fictions. The thirteen stories featured in this CD, and read by the author, have been previously published in literary magazines in Canada and internationally. These new stories, written concurrently to paulo da costa’s first book, The Scent of a Lie, allow the reader to revisit some of the characters from his first book. A musical introduction performed by the author opens each story.          Time 72:00            ISBN 0-9781847-1-8       Ed. Livros Pé d’Orelha   audio sample

  • The Scent of a Lie – audio

    The complete digital audio version of the prize-winning book of short-stories 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean & Canada Region) 2002 City of Calgary W. O. Mitchel Book Award 2001 Canongate Prize for short fiction The Scent of a Lie is a book of fourteen inter-connected stories set in two charismatic towns in Portugal where characters weave in and out of the narrative. The book can be read as a novel in fragments. This is a remarkable debut collection of tales told by a true storyteller. The Scent of a Lie received the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbean & Canada region…

  • The Book of Catalogues

    A  collection of sudden fictions. The twelve stories professionally recorded in studio and read by the author have been previously published in literary magazines in Canada and internationally. These new stories, written concurrently to paulo da costa’s first book, The Scent of a Lie, allow the reader to revisit some of the characters from his first book. A musical introduction performed  by the author opens each story. Livros Pé d’Orelha   ISBN 978-0-9781847-2-8      Time:  47:00  audio sample

  • The Scent of a Lie

     short-stories – paulo da costa                Efile formats (click on format)    Paperback from         The Scent of a Lie is a book of fourteen inter-connected stories, set in two charismatic towns in Portugal. Characters weave in and out of the intertwined stories, which can be read as a novel in fragments. (2002/2012) – Paperback (140p) Format: 196 x 126  – ISBN: 1-894800-07-9 Audio-Book (unabridged) Time: 4 h 14 m ISBN: 9780978184773 BOOK AWARDS: 2003 Caribbean & Canada Region Commonwealth Writers Prize – First Book 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize 2001 Canongate Short-Fiction Prize (Scotland)