Patuka Press have released its first anthology of Gibraltarian writing. The ‘Shit Jobs’ pamphlet contains short fiction and non-fiction prose pieces by 18 writers.  

A statement from Patuka Press follows below:

'Shit Jobs' contains stories by Jackie Villa, Barbara Durante, Nicholas Montegriffo, Melissa Bosano,  Giordano Durante, Gabriel Moreno, Liam John Ballester, Stefano Blanca Sciacaluga, Dale Buttigieg, Terrence Moss, Leah Pou, Rebecca Calderon, Humbert Hernandez, Christian Facio, Giulietta Durante,  Jackie Anderson, Mark Sanchez and Joe Adamberry. 

The contributors tackle the misery, risk and sheer  futility of certain jobs with a mix of unashamed  directness, dark humour, cutting satire and a dose of  social criticism.  

The pamphlet also represents Gibraltar’s linguistically  hybrid nature with pieces in English, Spanish and  Llanito. 

The cover was designed by local artist Stefano Blanca  Sciacaluga. 

A spokesperson for the press said: “We put out a call to  local writers late last year and were very pleased to  receive so many quality submissions in the following  months up until the March deadline. This pamphlet is  the first of many similar projects - our next theme will  be announced soon. Our aim is to provide an outlet for  Gibraltar writing that it has not enjoyed before and to  encourage writers to express themselves without  restriction. Local writing is certainly entering an  exciting new phase and Patuka is proud to be part of it!” 

The pamphlet is now available to purchase as an e-book and paperback on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/cHnMhS0