THIS PARADISE: Short stories @bhousepress // https://teapawt.net/t.co/9l3h57QZRV // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize 2020; Longlisted Orwell Prize 2020 // I am on Bsky //
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Thanks to my ace publisher @bhousepress for keeping it real in the paradise that is Jubilee Britain. This book might be for you if you're interested in what @badaude called 'the unsteady pulse of the suppurating British body politic' - and other fun stuff boilerhouse.press/product-pa…
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check out my new channel about writing and publishing!
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It’s December 1! To officially kick off the 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar, here’s a story about librarians, patrons, and one unusual musical instrument, from Robin Sloan. hingstonandolsen.com/2024/1-… #ssac2024
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ANNOUNCEMENT! The Brutalist Ghost Stories project includes an Arts Council England-funded Emerging Writer Programme, and Confingo is looking to recruit three early stage writers for mentoring and help to contribute to an anthology of short uncanny fiction. confingopublishing.uk/thenew…
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Bring along your problem story: the one that never seems to be finished, or gets rejected, or refuses to do what it is told, and practise working through drafts, problem-solving and polishing up with Ruby’s guidance and encouragement. #shortstories #writers #writingcommunity
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A few places left on this brilliant course
My @londonlitlab short story Bootcamp course is back! Postponed due to illness but now raring to go, this course is somehow both leisurely (lots of writing/breathing/thinking time) and intense (lots of feedback & food for thought). I'd love to have you🫵londonlitlab.co.uk/course/sh…
My @londonlitlab short story Bootcamp course is back! Postponed due to illness but now raring to go, this course is somehow both leisurely (lots of writing/breathing/thinking time) and intense (lots of feedback & food for thought). I'd love to have you🫵londonlitlab.co.uk/course/sh…
(*Trying not to hyperventilate*) Thank you so much @pattonoswalt - 5 months later - missed this at the time...
As it happens, film rights remain available 🎞️🌪️
“Wet Pain” Terence Taylor
“Dolan’s Cadillac” Stephen King
“The Chaser” John Collier
“The Quest for ‘Blank Claveringi’” Patricia Highsmith
“This Paradise” Ruby Cowling
“A Toy for Juliette” Robert Bloch
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Can you name contemporary writers who "do" Yorkshire dialect well (i.e. without sounding like the old duffer out of Wuthering Heights)? Even if it's just a hint of dialect.
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Special Issue Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’
Submission deadline: 15 September 2025
For more information click here ow.ly/VToW50TKKZ0
#CFP @SFITAPJournal
Excellent thread. History isn't something that's "over" or that we "move on from". It creates everything that is today.
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Jus a few weeks let to apply for the @STWevents London Writers Awards 2025.
The awards aims to increase the number of writers from under-represented communities being taken up by agents and publishers.
Find out more & apply on their website here bit.ly/4hb17Ja
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Last chance to grab tickets for DUETS this evening in the atmospheric Reading Room with @scratch_books
@jon_mcgregor, @GurnaikJohal, @rubycowling, @annawoodyes and @CharlotteMende1.
Book now: londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on…
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Happy launch day to these burnished birdies! Available in all good bookshops!
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Short fiction thrives on contradictions—brief yet expansive, grounded yet wild.
Join @YanGeMay for an Online Writing Day exploring global short stories, voice, structure, and the art of strangeness. For those at any stage of their writing journey ✨
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After years in the planning Duets is launching this Thursday!
You can get yours at our shop here to arrive on launch day!
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Last tickets left for this brilliant event next week at @TheLondonLib! Featuring @jon_mcgregor @GurnaikJohal @rubycowling @annawoodyes and @chris_power
It’ll be a hoot!
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Because I have great taste and so do they - I just backed @Influxpress Influx 2025 on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/inf…
If you can, do consider supporting one of our absolute best small presses
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