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Mike Fox

@polyscribe70.bsky.social

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Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam polyscribe.co.uk

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · Jun 19

Huge thanks to Joe Darlington and Manchester Review of books for this stunning review of my collection Things Grown Distant, still available from @confingopublishing.bsky.social manchestereviewofbooks.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/t...

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 22h

A fantastic idea. These look stunning

Uncertain Stories @uncertainstories.com · 1d

This is quite exciting. Over the next year, we’re going to be giving away 12,000 of these little books to help spread the love of short stories:

Little Uncertainties

Little Uncertainties are very short books, each containing just a single story.

www.uncertainstories.com

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. I was there for a group meditation with her daughter and friends. The garden ran down to the river Brent and contained trees from which, at age 93, she still still cut wood to make her sculptures. She was not in the least interested in her daughter's meditative activities...

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

The advice came from an intrepid friend, who'd made a trip to London as her passenger. This is where she lived: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Her...

The Hermitage, Hanwell - Wikipedia

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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · May 8

Happy Feast Day to #JulianofNorwich! She was an astonishing medieval theologian who had some pretty trippy visions and wrote the FIRST known book in English by a woman. If you want to know more about her, you could always read my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN 💙

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

Going next week!

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

My France

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

My Francis story is tiny - an imaginary meeting with Clare. It's due out in March of next year in Exacting Clam. The Anchoress story was published in Nymphs, which is no more, alas, but I'd be happy to send a word copy if you wouldn't mind sharing your email via Chat or my website.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure I will, Vicky - I've read a little about Margery, so it will be fascinating to learn more of her alongside Julian. Two such singular lives! Wonderful that you're writing about St Francis - have you read the Chesterton biography? (Very little actual biographical detail).

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2d

So glad to learn about this, Vicky, if belatedly - it's on my list to read. I know less about Margery but would like to learn more. I once wrote a story called Anchoress.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2d

Terrific! I've just finished a story inspired by a meeting with a 93 yr old woman who was still sculpting (from green wood she cut herself), also driving into London to play cello in a string quartet. (I was told it was inadvisable to be her passenger).

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 2d

Something for later.

Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 2d

Another post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' - a reminder that work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was very much a family affair...

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England II: Family Fortunes

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2d

Surely, Rosanna. I went to one of Brian's plays, a very subtle allegory on censorship. Not much gets past him, I suspect. We always have a good natter.

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful. Our window cleaner, Brian, is a community playwright, and really good. Always look beneath...

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2d

Swift healing, Tom.

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Michael Hughes, currently appearing in #houseofguinness and author of COUNTRY, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Stitch.

Preorder the novel at https://thecoastofeverything.com.

Michael Hughes Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING

Thanks to Michael Hughes, currently appearing in #houseofguinness and author of COUNTRY, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo S...

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 3d

Fantastic, I love Emily Brightman. I went to the AP Society 25th anniversary in August, and managed to get his journals and collected reviews. To say the least he was opinionated, so using Nicholas Jenkins' neutrality as a filter was a clever idea.

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 3d

Without doubt, Trapnel spoke for Powell himself. Also when he asserted that the reader, like the author, needs talent.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 4d

Wonder if other writers of a certain age have this experience? You write a story set well within living memory, and suddenly it's deemed 'historical' (and therefore harder to place).

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 5d

I heard her speak only a couple of months ago at the Anthony Powell Society. Great spirit and humour. RIP Jilly.

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Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social · 7d

Children In Read is now LIVE! The largest signed book auction in the world. All proceeds are in aid of @childreninread.bsky.social
Delighted to have three signed spooky books with bookmarks in the bidding!
www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... 📚✍️✨

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 7d

A busy week! Really looking forward to delivering a #free #poetry #workshop at The Rabbit Hole, a fab indie bookshop, in Brigg. Can't wait to meet local poets 😁 @caitymay16.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #Lincolnshire #NELincs #Brigg #poets #poetrycommunity

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, we kept on going! Many thanks to @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social and to @cdrose.bsky.social @saraheschofield.bsky.social @robertsheppard.bsky.social and all the other writers that sprung to mind as I was nattering away.

A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

The second part of the interview with @ailsacox.bsky.social is out today! In this episode, we discuss more famous pieces of short story writing advice. Listen here to find out of they are facts or fiction!

www.spreaker.com/episode/more...

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 9d

Even better then. It can be so meaningful to get this sort of affirmation when we invest a lot in a piece of writing. I'm delighted for you, Peter.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 9d

Well done, Peter - your stellar year continues!

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 10d

Small Publishers Fair returns to London's Conway Hall later this month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks.

Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL

Further details:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

Promotional card for the 2025 Small Publishers Fair, with a full list of the 66 participating artists and publishers. Full details at https://smallpublishersfair.co.uk/publishers-2025/

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