Ox-Tales Explained

Ox-Tales refers to four anthologies of short stories written by 38 of the UK's best-known authors. All donated their stories to Oxfam. The books and stories are loosely based on the four elements: Earth, Fire, Air and Water.

The Ox-Tales books were published in partnership with Green Profile[1] [2] to raise revenue for Oxfam projects tackling poverty around the world.[3] Oxfam receives a percentage of the cover price of each book sold (£3.50 per book if bought directly from an Oxfam shop or Oxfam's website[4] and 50p if the books are purchased through other retailers).

Themes

The themes of the collections are intended to represent four aspects of Oxfam's work:

Each book contains a poem by Vikram Seth and an afterword written by Oxfam, detailing their work in that area.

Authors

38 British and Irish based authors contributed to this project.

Publication details

Ox-Tales were published by Green Profile (a section of Profile Books[9]) on 2 July 2009. They were originally published to mark the start of Oxfam's first annual book festival - "Bookfest"[10] (4–18 July 2009).

Reception

In Autumn 2009, the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) recommended Ox-Tales to its readers as "enjoyable, thought-provoking reading for you and also for older students — well worth a place in the secondary school stock cupboard for KS4 of KS5."[11]

NATE reprinted Marina Lewycka's story "The Importance of Having Warm Feet" from the Ox-Tales: Earth collection in the October 2009 edition of their magazine, Classroom.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://irisonbooks.com/2010/11/10/green-books-campaign-ox-tales-earth/ "Green Books Campaign: Ox-Tales Earth"
  2. Web site: Green Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20090517043111/http://www.profilebooks.com/catalogue.php?catalogue_id=4. dead. 17 May 2009.
  3. Web site: Oxfam GB leading UK charity fighting global poverty. Oxfam GB. en. 2019-06-05. 5 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190605164516/https://www.oxfam.org.uk/. live.
  4. Web site: Oxfam's Online Store. 2 November 2009. 6 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100406073243/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/default.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Oxfam GB: Land Rights in Africa . 27 October 2009 . 30 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830064556/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/learning/landrights/index.html . live .
  6. Web site: Oxfam GB | Climate Action. Oxfam GB. 7 October 2024. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142543/https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/climate-action/. live.
  7. Web site: Oxfam GB | Campaign with us. Oxfam GB. 7 October 2024. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142714/https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/. live.
  8. Web site: Oxfam GB | Emergencies. Oxfam GB. 7 October 2024. 30 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930222412/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/emergency-response/sierra-leone-cholera. live.
  9. Web site: Stimulating non-fiction from one of the UK's top independent publishers - Profile Books. profilebooks.com. 2019-06-05. 19 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190619171709/https://profilebooks.com/. live.
  10. Web site: Oxfam GB: Bookfest. 27 October 2009. 10 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090710013348/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/bookfest.html. dead.
  11. Web site: Oxfam GB | Oxfam blog. Oxfam GB. 7 October 2024. 7 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142611/https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/oxfam-blog/. live.
  12. http://www.nate.org.uk/index.php?page=10&id=26 Classroom magazine

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