Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Report To The Minister: Bushy Park | 2009 | Nicola Barker | Buy |
| 2 | Park Stories | 2009 | Nicola Barker | Buy |
| 3 | By Force of Will, Alone: Greenwich Park | 2009 | Nicola Barker | Buy |
| 4 | Direct Hit: Hyde Park | 2009 | Nicola Barker | Buy |
| 5 | A Beauty Parlour for Swans: Kensington Gardens | 2009 | Nicola Barker | Buy |
Nicola Barker’s Park Stories were a 2009 commission that produced five short works, each set in a different London park. The series covers Bushy Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens, with each piece taking a different approach to its setting.
The project fits Barker’s interest in writing about specific places and the stories they contain. These are smaller-scale works than her novels, but they demonstrate the same ability to find unexpected angles on familiar locations that characterizes her longer fiction.