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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 3d

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to them all but especially @cdrose.bsky.social

'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 6d

🚨'COMPLETING THE LIST' is We Live Here Now. 👏Congratulations on being shortlisted for the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social, @cdrose.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉

Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist

The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

www.theguardian.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 6d

Here's an official thing! Official is good.

Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 6d

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.

Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!

Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 16d

The 8th Annual ENSFR Conference (June 10-12, 2026)

Dear ENSFR Members,

Following the ideas initiated at the Leuven conference in 2017 on the short story, its contexts and co-texts, the 2026 ENSFR conference will be devoted to short forms appearing in magazines and newspapers.

CFP to follow.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 27d

Well done all and especially Ed Hogan @ensfr.bsky.social

Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 27d

Huge congratulations to the 5 authors shortlisted for the 2025 #BBCNSSA 🥳📚

Our 2025 finalists are Emily Abdeni-Holman, Colwill Brown, Edward Hogan, Caoilinn Hughes & Andrew Miller 👏✍️

Catch all the stories next week on BBC Radio 4 📻

Find out more: bbc.co.uk/programmes/art…

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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · Jul 4

Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is Now Live!

We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.

We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

Issue 27 - The Manchester Review

Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Róisín Leggett Bohan, 3 poems Livi Michael, ‘Signs’ Immanuel Misfud, ‘Rue Garenne’ (trans. Ruth Ward) Cormac Culkeen, ‘My Dog Ate the Sun’ Laur...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · Jun 5

An ill wind: Poppyland, by @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social , reviewed in The Spectator by George Cochrane

‘Norfolk life looks quietly bleak in these carefully worked short stories of broken homes, precarious employment, dwindling expectations and torpor’

An ill wind: Poppyland, by D.J. Taylor, reviewed

As the term refers to the stretch of the north Norfolk coastline between Sheringham and Mundesley, only one of the stories in D.J. Taylor’s engrossing new collection strictly takes place in ‘Poppyland...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · May 29

🌺 New from DJ Taylor – Poppyland 🌺
Published Mon 2nd June, a dazzling collection of short stories explores the murky edges of nostalgia, ambition, and identity in England.

📖 Buy now:
www.saltpublishing.com/products/pop...

#Poppyland #DJTaylor #ShortStories #BookSky #IndieBooks #SaltModernStories

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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · May 28

Paul Anthony Knowles Reviews Corinne Fowler's Our Island Stories.

'Fowler unearths the hidden legacies of slavery, capitalism and exploitation that make up contemporary British relationships with the countryside'

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12892

Corinne Fowler, Our Island Stories, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles - The Manchester Review

Fowler unearths the hidden legacies of slavery, capitalism and exploitation that make up contemporary British relationships with the countryside Corinne Fowler | Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through ...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · May 24

and finally...
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Writing For Life: Outro

YouTube video by Writing for Life

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · May 19

Some of my best PhD experiences @universityofessex.bsky.social included presenting and attending @ensfr.bsky.social conferences.

Here is my spotlight on writing short fiction (thanks Ines Gstrein & Paul Anthony Knowles). The challenge was answering 3 questions in 75 words!

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ENSFR

The European Network for Short Fiction Research was established in 2013 with the aim of fostering and promoting the study of short fiction in European universities and in interaction with short fic…

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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · May 19

latest episode here!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOzR...
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Episode 7 Recovery

YouTube video by Writing for Life

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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · May 11

Episode 6: Can publishing make you ill?
www.youtube.com/@Writing_for...
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Writing for Life

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · May 9

Small Pleasures podcast:

In the latest episode, Livi Michael and Sonya Moor look at two marvels of short fiction – Sarah Hall’s ‘Mrs Fox’ and Jackie Kay’s ‘My Daughter the Fox’.

A blue swirled back featuring cartoon heads of the two hosts.

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · May 8

Short fiction in a flash: a bite-size interview with Vesna Main, by Sonya Moor is now live on the ENSFR website.

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · May 6

New Book: Anthologisation and Short Fiction: Magnitudes of Telling by Paul Delaney

This original new study explores the recent flowering of short fiction in Ireland. Specifically, it discusses the cultural, material, and ideological usages of the short form.

Routledge Book Cover: Blue and Green design with title in white band in the middle

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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · May 6

Our new Small Pleasures episode!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac0U...
@ensfr.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social

Small Pleasures Episode 19: Sarah Hall 'Mrs Fox' and Jackie Kay 'My Daughter the Fox'

YouTube video by The Short Story Podcast

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · May 2

Final day for Papers!

Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025.

The conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester.

Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to [email protected]

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · Apr 25

A week to Go for CFP!

Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025.

The conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester.

Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to [email protected]

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The person is covered in green foliage and electric wires.

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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · Apr 23

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12884

Livi Michael reviews Albertina Sarrazin, The Crib and Other Stories, translated by Sonya Moor.

@confingopublishing.bsky.social

Albertine Sarrazin, The Crib and Other Stories, trans. Sonya Moor, reviewed by Livi Michael - The Manchester Review

Fine new translation of a wonderful writer who lived an extraordinary life Albertine Sarrazin | The Crib and Other Stories, trans. Sonya Moor | Confingo: £10.00 (available to pre-order)Reviewed by Liv...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Northern Publishers' Fair returns this Saturday! 📚📣

📍Manchester Central Library
📅Sat, April 26th
🕚Starts 11am
🎟️FREE FOR ALL!

RSVP at: fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/71509...

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · Apr 15

Mircea Eliade: Time, Death, and
the Unspeakable Secret

Translated from Romanian by Mac Linscott
Ricketts Edited by Bryan Rennie

30 May 2025: £13.99,

The Romanian writer Mircea Eliade Short Story collection
consists of six of his best short stories, taken from over a 30-year period.

An Image of classical Greek Statues in green. A blue hand is behind it, and on the forefinger of the hand is a purple bust.

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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · Apr 12

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12879

Anna O'Boyle reviews He Used to Do Dangerous Things by Gaia Holmes

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Gaia Holmes, He Used to Do Dangerous Things, reviewed by Anna O'Boyle - The Manchester Review

A poet’s inventive and unusual debut short fiction collection Gaia Holmes | He Used to Do Dangerous Things | Comma Press: £10.99Reviewed by Anna O’Boyle Gaia Holmes’ He Used to Do Dangerous Things sec...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · Apr 5

Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · Apr 5

Looking to place that awkwardly long short story? The Fiction Desk are now open to stories up to 15,000 words www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/...

Short Story Submission Guidelines from The Fiction Desk

Publisher guidelines on how to submit short stories to The Fiction Desk's quarterly anthologies of new short fiction.

www.thefictiondesk.com

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