Odd Voices

Twelve narrators, all teenagers, carry the stories in this anthology from Odd Voice Out press. The collection opens with a question about why certain voices and certain kinds of characters are still so rarely given the spotlight. Its answer is a set of tales that centre on young people who don't quite fit in and who are seldom listened to.

The stories cover a wide range of ground. Some follow characters who bend rules or break the law, while others deal with struggling to get by and searching for a sense of belonging. Family loyalty, unexpected friendships and the ache of first love also run through the pages.

The book gathers the ten strongest entries from Odd Voice Out's 2019 Not So Normal Narrators contest, along with bonus stories by in-house authors Kell Cowley and K.C. Finn. Author Catherine Johnson, a YA writer who has won awards, provides the foreword.