THIS PARADISE: Short stories @bhousepress // https://teapawt.org/t.co/9l3h57QZRV // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize 2020; Longlisted Orwell Prize 2020 // I am on Bsky //
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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…
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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
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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!
londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on…
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What happens when the very best short story writers pair up?
@jon_mcgregor, @GurnaikJohal, Anna Wood, @rubycowling, @chris_power join us to discuss their experience participating in Scratch Books' new anthology of collaborative writing.
Book now: londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on
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3 weeks today until launch of Duets!
Eight astonishing stories written by sixteen superb authors!
Preorder your copy at our online bookshop to make the book literally come to your house on launch day…
scratch-books.co.uk/product-…
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Normalise writers being paid for their work 🙏
@ALCS_UK are the best!
Authors being paid for their work is... fantastic! (By that I mean "completely normal")
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The launch party for Duets is going to be huge! It’s on Tuesday 22nd October. Get your tickets here for the most incredible lineup of @GurnaikJohal @nellstevens @jolloyds @el_fodongo @benpester @annawoodyes @rubycowling…
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We’re delighted to announce #LondonWritersAwards is back!
Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.
Apps run 25 Sep-31 Oct.
More info: spreadtheword.org.uk/project…
ALT A wide poster with the words 'London Writers Awards is back!'. Underneath is a collage photo of different books that have come out of the awards.
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We at @STWevents are beyond thrilled to announce today that our London Writers Awards, the most successful writer development scheme in the UK, are returning in 2025! Thank you to our generous funders Sam and Rosie Berwick. Info here to apply spreadtheword.org.uk/project…
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🚀 Join @benpester , Lucy Durneen, and Tim MacGabhann for the launch of 'Duets', the experimental collection of co-written short stories from 16 of the most exciting short form authors, published by @scratch_books
bricklanebookshop.org/produc…
📆 24th October 7pm
🎟️ £5 (link in bio)
