London! I will be reading in you. This Sunday, 3.30pm, Ellie's Bar on Kingsland Road. (As part of the Soho Reading Series.)

👇👀👇🤩 The gang at Salty Towers are giving 20% off my short story collection, Forgetting is How We Survive until 31st July! (Other books by some incredible writers also available, so have a browse!)

Salt Books@saltpublishing.com · 3w ago

🎈BOOK SALE 🎈 20% off everything – simply click the link below or use discount code 5T2JNKFV98VT in our checkout! www.saltpublishing.com/discount/5T2... Offer ends 31 Jul #SaltBooks #Booksky

It's a beautiful day on the riverside and I have coffee and the latest Elizabeth Crane

For @theguardian.com I compiled a list of 20 books to read in a day (whittled down from 70 - goodbye Readers Block, Turn of the Screw, Less Than Zero, Call Me Ishmael, The Stone Book, Autobiography of Red etc). Not a top 20, but all worth your time I guarantee it. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day

From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders

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I’m hugely proud to have my short story, ‘Shipping out’, included in issue 50 of Southword. It was shortlisted for the Sean O’ Faolain Short Story Comp. Southword, pub'd by @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social , is a brilliant journal and they pack a lot in! Get a copy here: munsterlit.ie/bookshop/sou...

I’ll be handling the publicity for this one myself so please get in touch if you’d like a PDF copy for review or would like to book an event or interview

Jan Carson@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

Could not be more pleased to reveal my 10th book, a microfiction collection about staying in hotels by myself. It'll be published in late September by the mighty No Alibis Press complete with gorgeous illustrations by Rory Jeffers. Pre-order #NoVacancy now on the No Alibis website.

Listened to the podcast yesterday and it was great. Enjoyed alongside @benpester.bsky.social's latest collection 'Sail Away Land' which was everything I wanted and more

LRB Bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 4w ago

If you enjoyed our most recent podcast, you can still get a copy of the book in question, MAGIC & MECHANICS: 6 phenomenal stories by 6 of our greatest authors followed by 6 interviews delving into their writing process. www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/magic-...

Top #bookpost just arrived: the latest addition to @scratchbooks.bsky.social's brilliant Reverse Engineering series in which writers discuss their own #shortstories. And what a great roster of contributors!

Hello, I’ve an event for my Muriel Spark biography next Weds (15th) at Waterstones Liverpool. We’ve sold barely any tickets, however, and it might be cancelled as a result. Please get a ticket if you’re nearby - it’ll be a lot of fun, and I’ll bring badges! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterstone...

@uncertainstories.com 'Perfect Circle' is out! My story, ‘Swineside’ - is in v. good company, among stories by Eva Carson, @jmgatford.bsky.social , @kathyhoyle.bsky.social , @lynseymay.com and Lauren O’Donoghue, and brilliant illustrations by Lucy Scott. www.uncertainstories.com/books/anthol...

After my parents died, my grief took a very active form. But I have a lot to learn about feeling and expressing my grief from the brilliant Carla Fernandez. Be sure to pick up a copy of her book RENEGADE GRIEF! bookshop.org/a/116176/978... #grief #bookrecommendation #books #deathpositive

Meet some of our CTRL players! 🕹 Editor Dean Fee and contributors Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Anna Loughran and Roisin Kiberd have been lovingly transformed into sprites by the powers of @bluewit.bsky.social (an incredible artist, give her a follow!) - look how happy they all are! 👾

Our second anthology is open for submissions! We're after short stories on the theme of sorcery, from writers living in the North of England. Take a look, send us a tale - and if you could help spread the word, that would be magical 🪄 🔮 carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

Excellent recommendation by @jacquiwine.bsky.social about a Scottish bricklayer with no future outside of booze. It reads like a book of short stories, some quite funny, but steadily, subtly grows into something more. Definitely reading more Owens soon. Willy Vlautin fans, it’s worth a look.

Worth every fourteen minutes. Give it a listen before it goes

Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎@jolloyds.bsky.social · last mo.

I have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Jo Lloyd on the radio. This is a great thing

Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎@jolloyds.bsky.social · last mo.

I have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Once Upon a Time..., Kakapos by Jo Lloyd

In Jo Lloyd’s story, very ordinary Muriel meets Rip Van Winkle in the below world.

bbc.co.uk

Last month the editors of The Passage Podcast invited me to discuss my novella "Gloss" & it was a fun conversation, encompassing the Haitian Revolution, US history & more. It's available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

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A good day to remind you that my new collection includes a story where Prime Ministers are chosen at random, like juries @saltpublishing.com www.saltpublishing.com/products/a-d...

A Day Like Any Other, Guy Ware

A stunning new collection of twelve short stories from award-winning author Guy Ware.

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I'm always on the lookout for contributors to apersonalanthology.com. Do you love short stories? Can you communicate that love in words? Can you bear to pick just 12 of them? Then get in touch! The substack has 2,500+ subscribers. The archive has 3,500+ individual entries. Help me build it!

A Personal Anthology

Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories

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New book alert: www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page...

This Now Extends to My Daughter by Lydia Unsworth | Blue Diode Publishin

ISBN: 978-1-915108-41-8Published 26 May 202684 pages “Poor old rickety, broken-biscuit Britain, with its tottering institutions, buy-to-let landlords, bad food and buried dreams. What does it mean to...

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And in which I learn of a new collection of stories by Elizabeth Crane

The Rumpus@therumpus.net · 2mo ago

"I read a short story a day because it feels to me like a devotional practice: it orients me to the many different ways there are of being human." From "A Conversation between Rachel Khong and @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social." ➡️ buff.ly/AqHMYCI

Happy publication day @benpester.bsky.social. Not one but two books out today! Sail Away Land The Expansion Project

I'll be in conversation with Annie Maconochie for the launch of her brilliant short story collection 'Diamond Life' at East Bristol Books next Wednesday 10 June, so why not join us for an evening of words and reading? Doors open at 6.30 Tix from Headfirst www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

Anna Maconochie: *Diamond Life* at East Bristol Books

The launch of Anna Maconochie's second short story collection: *Diamond Life*, published by Héloïse Press. The author will be in conversation with local writer Kathryn Aldridge-Morris. *Diamond Life*...

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Our June / July 2026 issue is out now! Cover image and artwork by Heidi Lanino. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr...

It's World Blood Cancer Day. I'm one of the fortunate people whose leukemia is in complete remission because of the kindness of a young woman who donated her stem cells to me. You could save someone's life as well by registering as a donor with @anthonynolan.bsky.social or @dkms-uk.bsky.social

Thanks to a generous grant, we're so pleased to be able to offer 150 fee waivers for submitting to the 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize! If you are a low/no-income writer or translator hoping to enter this year’s prize ... 🧵

I'm delighted to have my short story 'Nyctinasty' published in Grub Street (Vol.75),Towson University's fantastic student-led Literature & Arts magazine. ✍️🦊🌼🌏 (p14) wp.towson.edu/grubstreetli...