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As part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh City of Literature run a programme called Story Shop, which offers 17 up-and-coming authors the chance to do a 10 minute reading of their work. Ruth Aylett will be presenting to very short stories, or flash fiction, at the Guardian Spiegeltent on the 10th August 2014.