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THIS PARADISE: Short stories @bhousepress // http://tinyurl.com/RCTParadise // 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-page/t…
check out my new channel about writing and publishing! youtube.com/@Writing_for_L… youtu.be/lDeyJXkkCiY @rubycowling @VesnaMain @StevieLMarsden @polyscribe2
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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-robin-s… #ssac2024
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/thenewnorth
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
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/short-s…
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Short Story Bootcamp: Fix, Polish, Submit! - London Lit Lab
Develop your skills in honing an original, eye-catching story that remains true to your vision as a writer on this online short story 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/short-s…
londonlitlab.co.uk
Short Story Bootcamp: Fix, Polish, Submit! - London Lit Lab
Develop your skills in honing an original, eye-catching story that remains true to your vision as a writer on this online short story course!
(*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
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.
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.
A thread of facts to help you understand the reparations ‘debate’
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
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/257-d…
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 ✨ arvon.org/writing-course…
Publishing is not an industry that is short on cash. It’s an industry where cash in incredibly unevenly distributed. Where consolidation means capital (publishers) are organised and low rates of unionisation means labour (authors and publishing staff) is not. What can we do?
After years in the planning Duets is launching this Thursday! You can get yours at our shop here to arrive on launch day! scratch-books.co.uk/product-page/d…
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/257-d…
Because I have great taste and so do they - I just backed @Influxpress Influx 2025 on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/influ… If you can, do consider supporting one of our absolute best small presses
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