Comma Press
@commapress.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements. Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
👻 CLASSIC HORROR w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 📅Sep 30-Dec 9 📌Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho... We’ll explore the stories that forged the horror genre to see what we can learn from them, & how they can inspire fresh writing today. Learn the art of horror & get published in a Comma eBook!
So grateful to Aaron Thorpe & Alexander Aviña for highlighting Palestine + 100 on the latest Trillbilly Worker’s Party Pod 📻📚 A premium ep but always worth the price of admission imo! open.spotify.com/episode/7cas...
Premium 456: Speculative Terrorforming (w/ special guest Alexander Aviña)
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The Book of BRADFORD A city in short fiction. Ed @saimamir.bsky.social www.tripfiction.com/a-city-in-sh... "The city is beautifully evoked through these collected stories" @commapress.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky
A City in Short Fiction: The Book of BRADFORD - TripFiction
A City in Short Fiction: The Book of BRADFORD, edited by Saima Mir. "To know Bradford is to love her contradictions" says the editor, as she introduces
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WORLDBUILDING SHORT STORY COURSE w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🌍✍ 📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social M19 3QE 📅 Aug 28 - Jan 15 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... Learn how to craft living worlds for your stories in this practical course with author David Hartley. Let's build worlds together!
This, from @commapress.bsky.social, sounds brilliant 👍 Monster Capital - Tales of Modern Unease | Comma Press share.google/GNKKzJIiamtc...
Monster Capital - Tales of Modern Unease | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Matthew Holness, Christine Poulson, Sanjida Kay, Brontë Schiltz , Ian Carrington and others
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Oxford Translates would not have been possible without the help of: @commapress.bsky.social @institutocervantes.bsky.social @institutfrancaisdk.bsky.social @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, NORLA, Polish Cultural Institute, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Excited to see Paul Greengrass’ forthcoming UPRISING starring Andrew Garfield as Wat Tyler? Read Sara Maitland’s retelling of the same event, ‘The Pardon List’ in Protest: commapress.co.uk/books/protes...
‘ I can’ t recommend it highly enough or thank Comma Press enough for bringing this to us.’ Peak Reads on Protest: peakreads.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/p...
Protest- Stories of Resistance edited by Ra Page, Comma Press
I came across this collection of short stories and essays via a couple of fantastic online events put on by the publishers, Manchester based indie Comma Press, together with Housmans, the radical L…
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Launching The Book of Damascus with Odai Al-Zoubi at Rethink, Rebuild, Manchester, earlier this week. More about the book here: commapress.co.uk/books/the-book… #Syria #SyrianLiterature
Years in development, it’s finally here! Launching The Book of Damascus with editor and contributors, Zaher Omareen, Odai Al-Zoubi and Rasha Abbas (remotely) at LAAF and Bluecoat.
'Monster Capital is packed with entertaining stories, each one delivering thrills and big ideas that echo the intellectual delights of big-screen elevated horror.' ✍ @bramegieben.bsky.social on Monster Capital for Revol Press 🔗Read the Review revolpress.substack.com/p/haunted-fu...
THE BOOK OF DAMASCUS LAUNCH 📚 📅 Wed 22 July 📍 Rethink Rebuild Society (SK4 5BH) Join Comma Press & Rethink Rebuild Society to launch The Book of Damascus, an anthology of ten stories set in the Syrian capital. 🎟️ Just £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-o...
'Many of my happiest & most formative musical memories... were only made possible through public funding.' Read Sam Jackson's essay on the future of classical music from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social's 80th anniversary collection, Made in England (🔗🧵). www.classical-music.com/articles/kee...
Keep, Create, Renew: The Future of Classical Music | Classical Music
BBC Radio 3 and BBC Proms controller Sam Jackson explains why public funding matters for classical music in the UK – and why he believes the future is bright
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Join us at The Canopi on July 30 to launch the first Welsh anthology in our Reading the City series - The Book of Cardiff! Ft. co-editor Martha O'Brien, author John L. Williams & more! 🎟️ £5 or free with a book 🗓️ Jul 30 at 7pm 📍 The Canopi, CF11 6AD 🔗 Book at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-of-ca...
Death, more death, a lot of jokes, a surprising amount of furniture: @mondyboy74.bsky.social is on this week's episode of A Meal of Thorns to discuss Robert Shearman's Word Fantasy Award-winning collection TINY DEATHS (@commapress.bsky.social)! Listen wherever you get your podcasts:
A Meal of Thorns 53- TINY DEATHS with Ian Mond
Critic & reviewer Ian Mond talks us through Tiny Deaths, a very funny and frequently morbid collection. We also think bigger: about the place and status of humor and seriousness in genre litera…
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Congrats M John Harrison on 'The End of Everything' from @serpents-tail.bsky.social 🎉 This novel depicts a disintegrating Britain ruled by the iGhetti: aliens first seen in 'The Crisis' from 'You Should Come With Me Now' which we proudly published back in 2017. 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/you-sh...
LAST CHANCE TO JOIN! 🎟️🔥 We have one more discounted place available! Email commapublishing@yahoo.co.uk to apply! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1987920805...
Comma Press@commapress.bsky.social · 2mo agoFOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook. BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎟️ 📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk
Fans have been won over by the Congolese superfan who stands in tribute to the DR Congo's first PM, #PatriceLumumba, who was assassinated by Belgian & US colonialists. More in The American Way, ft 'The Lumumba Buisiness' by Fiston Mwanza Mujila. 📗 commapress.co.uk/books/the-am...
READING LIST for #RefugeeWeek 📚🌎 📘 SOLOLAND by Hassan Blasim commapress.co.uk/books/sololand 📕 VOICES OF RESISTANCE by Nahil Mohana, Sondos Sabra, Batool Abu Akleen & Ala'a Obaid commapress.co.uk/books/voices... 📔 REFUGEE TALES V Ed. David Herd & Anna Pincus commapress.co.uk/books/refuge...
COMMA PRESS #WorldCup2026 SALE! ⚽📚 Order via commapress.co.uk by July 20th for £1 off any of these books! 📚👇 📚 commapress.co.uk/books
📅 STARTING JUNE 23rd! 📍Online via Zoom We still have a few discounted places available, so get in touch at commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk to apply! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-...
Comma Press@commapress.bsky.social · 2mo agoFOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook. BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎟️ 📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk
Come see us with the @northernfiction.bsky.social at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds for the NFA Summer Book Fair ☀️📚 Ft. @northodoxpress.bsky.social, @carcanet.bsky.social, @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social, @stairwellbooks.bsky.social & more!
'It’s to the credit of editors Ra Page and David Sue that the stories, which could easily have taken a mostly literal approach to the premise, vary as much as they do… there are no poor stories in Monster Capital.' Monster Capital in @locusmag.bsky.social 🚀 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/monste...
PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 📚 Sales Closing Soon! 🎫⌛ 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 MMU Business School 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come to Publishing Insights Day '26 to learn from the experts, ask your burning questions, & get hands-on experience.
2022 #3 Another instalment in the fabulous Cities in Short Fiction series from @commapress.bsky.social , this time from what is now the world's most populous city as well as capital of Indonesia. An excellent collection that samples the lives of people in this sinking metropolis. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚 #booksky
TODAY from 11am at The Nico Ditch, Ashton! 📚✍️ Join us for a FREE folk writing workshop plus readings and a panel with local authors Sophie Parkes, Emma Hinds & @torbellamy.bsky.social 🥳 🎟️ FREE tickets but please RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/1988088622...
Next week at @manmetuni.bsky.social with @commapress.bsky.social Publishing Insights Day - 11th June - Geoffrey Manton Building Including - editing, marketing, getting an agent, & how to set up your own press. Student & concessions tickets available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
Publishing Insights Day 2026
Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come along to learn from the experts, get hands-on experience, and ask your burning questions!
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