Short Fiction in Theory and Practice is looking for short stories for its forthcoming special issue ‘Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors’. Deadline 1st December and guest edited by Elsa Court, Nina Ellis and Sonya Moor: www.intellectbooks.com/short-fictio...

Short Fiction in Theory & Practice

Short Fiction in Theory & Practice; Short Fiction in Theory & Practice provides an international forum for all those writing, reading, translating or publishing the short story, in all its diversi...

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Paired with David Rose’s Heimat next month: Murder by the late Paul Green.

a valentine even the stone knows that love is a cherry even the blossom knows the earth is a bed 14.II.26

Find out about Vinegar Valentines - by our PhD researcher Grace Marks 🖤

Vinegar Valentines: how cruel Victorians sent insulting cards to their unwanted suitors

The vile Victorians were funnier than they looked, using brutal Valentine’s Day cards to mock people they didn’t fancy much.

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@goldsf.bsky.social co-founder, Paul March-Russell, spoke with A Small, Good Thing about the importance of women writers in science fiction and the legacy of the short story collection Women of Wonder (1974) edited by Pamela Sargent! Listen now ⬇️ www.spreaker.com/episode/wome...

News from the Fiction Writers’ Network at Edge Hill - congrats all! @kkwiltshire.bsky.social blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/fin/2026/01/...

More member successes and publications - Fiction Writer's Network

New member Joanne Reardon is one of the ten prize winners for the Blue Pencil Literary Agency Pitch Prize with her new novel Mr H’s Angel so do keep an eye out here for more news on that! You can find...

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Delighted to be longlisted in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards for best collection! Congrats to all the other nominees too 💛

Goldsmiths Press@goldsmithspress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Congratulations to @ajashworth.bsky.social, whose book Maybe the Birds has been long listed for this years @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @goldsf.bsky.social For the full list - www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Friday night, so put your glad rags on and watch a 90 minute Arena from 2012 about William Golding. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Four - Arena, The Dreams of William Golding

An insight into the private obsessions and insecurities of author William Golding.

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the universe wishes you a merry christmas! see? it even set up its own christmas tree 🎄

Teach like a Luddite! In which I join @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social to argue for a Luddite praxis in education grounded in three elements: embracing strategic playfulness; developing localized tactics; and building networks of resistance. Read the article at Kappan:

Teach like a Luddite - Kappan Online

Embracing new technologies that don’t advance teaching and learning is a mistake. Educators must ask questions — and resist when necessary.

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Andy Hedgcock in The Morning Star has chosen "Maybe the Birds" as one of his cultural highlights of 2025. ✨🙏🏼💛 @ajashworth.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trad...

Traditions are reclaimed and fear meets fun

ON the surface, The Albino’s Secret (Gollancz, £10.99), a novel by Michael Moorcock and Mark Hodder, is a postmodern homage to the action-packed storytelling of the interwar period. Set in Istanbul in...

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Thanks to Andy Hedgecock for picking Maybe the Birds as a cultural highlight of 2025 💛 www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trad... @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social

Traditions are reclaimed and fear meets fun

ON the surface, The Albino’s Secret (Gollancz, £10.99), a novel by Michael Moorcock and Mark Hodder, is a postmodern homage to the action-packed storytelling of the interwar period. Set in Istanbul in...

morningstaronline.co.uk

David Rose's new story in @exactingclam.bsky.social (you'll need a pen and paper to work out the hidden message, oh yes) www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...

It's such a treat to talk with others about writing and I was delighted to have this talk with Richard. I was surprised to find I had something to say about AI and writing, and the video game of Caroline Clark 👇🎮

Fictionable@fictionable.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Write what you know or write what you don't? On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast Caroline Clark tells us she's certain of one thing – she's making it up Catch it at www.fictionable.world/podcasts/car... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox open.substack.com/pub/apersona...

A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox

Each time I’ve prepared a new edition of Writing Short Stories, I’ve referred to some different texts from writers I haven’t mentioned before.

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Thanks to Neil Warren for this audio recording of me reading the title story from my new collection 💛 ajashworth.com/audio-record... @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Good to see @goldsf.bsky.social @ajashworth.bsky.social "Maybe the Birds" featured! www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont... @unamccormack.bsky.social

Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book

Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.

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Many thanks to Gus Gresham for this fab review of Maybe the Birds 💛 everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi... @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Review by Gus Gresham of "Maybe the Birds" by A. J. Ashworth

This short story collection by A. J. Ashworth is a rewarding read, each story like a piece of mysterious treasure from a dug-up pirates’ che...

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We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Absolutely this. Apply what you know to what you learn and you'll make something that's personal and unique

Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999: "Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.

Ah I love Under Milk Wood - ‘I must put my pyjamas in the drawer marked Pyjamas’ ❤️

Steve Doherty@stevedoherty.bsky.social · 11mo ago

They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.

Congrats @cdrose.bsky.social - fantastic news ❤️

Melville House@melvillehouse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@cdrose.bsky.social is the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize winner!!! So, so well deserved ❤️🏆 Read WE LIVE HERE NOW! @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social

Here’s the cover for LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, out 16 April with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove... Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛

We publish *imaginary* research abstracts! The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read: Why Abstract fiction? The theme How to get started What to submit to us What *not* to submit journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...

Call for Abstracts – Journal Of Imaginary Research Volume 11

The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces for our annual volume produced each November to celebrate Global Academic Writing Month. We pu…

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Thanks so much to Foreword Reviews for this review of Maybe the Birds!https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/maybe-the-birds/ @unamccormack.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social 💛

Thanks so much to Foreword Reviews for this review of Maybe the Birds!https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/maybe-the-birds/ @unamccormack.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social 💛

For the afternoon crew: "The Guide" by @ajashworth.bsky.social available to read online; new collection MAYBE THE BIRDS out now from @goldsf.bsky.social!

Una McCormack@unamccormack.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"The Guide" by @ajashworth.bsky.social available to read now on MIT Reader! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-j-ashworth...

And @ajashworth.bsky.social's fantastic new collection of speculative short stories, MAYBE THE BIRDS, is out now from @goldsf.bsky.social! www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Maybe the Birds

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"The Guide" by @ajashworth.bsky.social available to read now on MIT Reader! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-j-ashworth...

A.J. Ashworth: ‘The Guide’

Across millennia, a cave painter and a son confront the shadows of creation and loss. A story from A.J. Ashworth’s new collection “Maybe the Birds.”

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Brilliant night at The Arts Centre Edge Hill for the launch of AJ Ashworth’s Maybe The Birds - fantastic reading from Andrea!