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Cardiff, Wales
Joined July 2011
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‘Titch was like, God you’re lucky mate, I was about to smash your head off that fucking pavement.’ New fiction from Thomas Morris  granta.com/titch/
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Mentoring Panel – Online Event, March 10th, 7pm 💡 Ahead of the next event in our Tuesday Nights Live! series - Meet the Panelists! 🌱 Thomas Morris is the author of two books of stories: We Don’t Know What We’re Doing (2015) and Open Up (2023), both published by Faber & Faber.  As an editor and mentor, Thomas has worked on stories and books by authors including Nicole Flattery, Rebecca Ivory, Michael Magee, Liadan Ní Chuinn, and Chetna Maroo. He lives in Dublin, where for over a decade he worked as an editor at The Stinging Fly. Book your free ticket us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Mentoring Panel – Online Event 🟥 ­ The next event in our Tuesday Nights Live! series. Enda Wyley, Thomas Morris, and Elaine Garvey, will join our publisher Declan Meade to discuss their experiences of mentoring. They will offer insights into how mentorship works and the ways in which it can contribute to a writer's development. Share their thoughts through the event registration form. Join us for this free online event. March 10th, 7-8.15pm (Irish Time). Registration is required 🔗us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Issue Seven of The Pig's Back is now available for pre-order. Featuring new writing from Sophie Corser, Wendy Erskine, Rosa Makela, Dara McWade, Laura Morris, Nicole Morris and Odrán Waldron.
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100 ISSUES OLD TODAY! The new issue of The Dublin Review features work by Nathan O’Donnell, Laura Morris, Tara McEvoy, Molly McCloskey, Conor Dawson, alongside the mighty Colm Tóibín who also appeared in our very first issue 25 years ago. NUMBER 100 is out now in bookshops, or at thedublinreview.com
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Laura Morris retweeted
Was lucky to see Nye at @theCentre last night. Only three more shows left, so go see it if you can! My review for Buzz is online now: buzzmag.co.uk/nye-2025-stage…
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Looking forward to seeing @Rae_Carmichael's story in print.
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If you are feeling a little 'stuck' with your writing then Tom Morris has availability for one-to-one sessions during July - thomasmorris.net/work/mentor…
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Excited to announce this year’s line-up of brilliant writers who will lead our three 6-month fiction workshops. Concession rate for writers on low income - also one free place available on each workshop. Applications are open now and will close on July 22 at 5pm. Please share. stingingfly.org/6-month-work…
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I had a lovely evening at the @BristolPrize winners' reception at @Waterstones262 on Saturday and was thrilled to hear my story has won third prize. It's a beautiful anthology and I'm looking forward to reading all of the stories. – at Cardiff, Wales
Congratulations to this year's winners and to all the writers featured in the Volume 17 anthology. Read all their stories: bit.ly/4l0zhk8 @Morris78L @ZoeMeager #writing #shortstories #writingcompetitions
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Stuck. Trapped. Flattened. ‘The Weight of a Man’ is an exploration of family, love and the search to escape pressures outside our control. 📚 Read @Morris78L's story in our upcoming anthology. Learn more & meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB
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🙂 – at Cardiff, Wales
The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: bit.ly/4k7rSio A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @JanCarson7280, Kate Johnson and @PeaceMedie for their time, commitment and enthusiasm. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
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OPEN UP now available in the US @unnamedpress. – at Cardiff, Wales
Today we present you with a little magic in these trying times. OPEN UP by Thomas Morris, is a collection of sensitive, heartfelt, and wildly imaginative stories brimming with a Welsh flavor of British charm as twinkling and anxious as it is rich with depth and craftsmanship.
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Happy to be on the longlist 🙂 – at Cardiff, Wales
Congratulations to the authors of the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize longlist! Now live on our website: bit.ly/4bNzJi5
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Dave left Dogger propped up on the windowsill, waiting for them to come back. They were gone a very long time. Dogger’s Christmas
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The indie tree is up: @gruffingtonpost's #Candylion, the @superfurry bear from #Radiator, #Gachapin from @thekillers #ReadmyMind vid, the milk carton from @Blur's #CoffeeandTV vid, and of course Jarvis @welovepulp at the top! All handmade by the talented @maxharvey79! – at Cardiff, Wales
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We are so pleased to announce that after a year’s hiatus Extra Teeth is back and better than ever!
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I finished reading A Room Above a Shop this morning and have been thinking about its landscape and characters ever since. This beautiful book is published March 2025 @AnthonyShapland @GrantaBooks – at Cardiff, Wales
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One Stop – at Cardiff, Wales
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