Ailsa Cox

Tonight!

Next Monday, all welcome! With Elsa Court, Georgina Parfitt and Kim Wiltshire.

So much going on, starting with the Short Story Salon, with readings from three wonderful writers.

That's quite a career!

I used to vote for the Greens. Not any more.

We are hiring! We are currently looking for a Production Editor to join our Journals team. Salary: £25,855–29,116 p.a depending on experience Contract: Full-time, 37.5 hours Full job description 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/current-vacancies

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 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2026-2027 is now open for submissions: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/m...

A great initiative edited by @ensfr.bsky.social writers Elsa Court, Nina Ellis, Sonya Moor

Dream Job for ME (circa 2015) just dropped

Not only is there the cfp for our biennial conference on the Clarke Award (see the pinned post), there's also this cfp from the University of York (deadline 10 August). www.york.ac.uk/sociology/ab...

Looking forward to August, when the Malcolm Lowry book from @helentookey.bsky.social sets sail.

And off it goes, Richard Lea’s Personal Anthology, fifty and alone, rambling about a country nearly uninhabited, wearing a frock-coat and shabby canvas trousers, sweating under the electric-yellow dome of the municipal force field, shooting a straight piss into the base of the guava tree…

“I’ve read several of Harrison’s novels: not once have I fully understood what was happening, but I keep rushing back for more.” Me on M John Harrison’s The End of Everything, a book that speaks to our time of repeated crises, when disaster follows disaster until something seems permanently broken.

On Gen-AI and literary fiction. On metaphors, jokes and the ineffable. On monkeys with typewriters, and monkeys zip-wiring across the road. tinycamels.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/a...

Looking forward to our conversation!

So delighted to be published in Fictive Dream! fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

"Royle Mail" DELIVERY ALERT! Murder by Paul Green & Heimat by David Rose, cleverly disguised as 4 Toffee Crisp Bars! Thank you, as always, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and the incredible Nightjar Press. Excellent covers too! nightjarpress.weebly.com

"On Monday, Oedipus ate through one apple. But he was still hungry. On Wednesday he ate a whole banana. On Friday he killed an arrogant man at the crossroads and married his widow. But he was still hungry." A section, there, from THE VERY HUNGRY PATER-KILLER.

Nightjar publisher writes plays shock. Two short black comedies. More info linktr.ee/thunkpresents

One for @cdrose.bsky.social !

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Five Different Stories About One Thing by @elizabethbaines.bsky.social, with images by Laura Scott – the 7th in our series of collaborations between writers & artists. Available from our online shop for the special price of £7 (+ p&p) till midnight: www.confingopublishing.uk

Great news. That They May Face the Rising Sun is a special favourite.

Short inclement weather poem.

Good morning. The Bluemoose 20th anniversary celebrations roll into June. More to come but very excited! BM Celebrations with 3 BM authors. From Hebden to Hollywood. Marvelous. @dcmslibraries.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thebookseller.com

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading... Paperback on its way! 30% discount with code PAPER30.

Fascinating interview on @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social writing process.

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Tune into to Radio 4 tonight for the second reading from Jane Rogers’ brilliant second collection, Fire Ready. 10.45pm tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'

Just over a week until short story collection submissions close! Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :) www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/manuscript-s...

Tonight! @ensfr.bsky.social @intellectbooks.bsky.social ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/materi...

Publication Day! livimichael.co.uk/2026/02/08/p... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social @polyscribe70.bsky.social

Pre-ordered my @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. To commemorate, we’re sharing a small selection of survivors’ stories from our collection – voices preserved in memory and testimony. Read here: link.bl.uk/hij

Finally saw Sentimental Value. I want to watch this again, but there are parts of it that I really don't want to have to sit through, for that to happen. boxd.it/cP0VmD

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... My home town, top of the league every time.

livimichael.co.uk/2026/01/20/w... @onpolitics.news @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

A hero, a legend, a great and kind man.

Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories (1500-5000 words) for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent. The anthology embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents & more Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/now-ope...

Good news for Scottish writers. Kirsty Gunn's also a great short story writer, former winner of @edgehillprize.bsky.social.

Hey, cool cats! This is to let you know that A Personal Anthology is back, baby! Yes: back! Back! BACK! Today's anthology features a dozen favourite short stories picked and introduced by Mike Fox (@polyscribe70.bsky.social), and hits inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here, and RT if you already subscribe!

Out today! Meet Alexander Manshel, Associate Professor of English at McGill University. How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

How is contemporary short fiction in America influenced by the people and institutions that contribute to its production, circulation, and reception? Stay tuned to find out! Alexander Manshel is Associate Professor of English at McGill University in Montreal (Canada).

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Do come along on Monday 12th January to this online event to honour the enduring legacy of Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories (1976)! It’s a true honour to be part of this event together with @ailsacox.bsky.social, Michael Basseler and Michael Collins! ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/charle...

Join me online next Monday for an @ensfr.bsky.social chat about this great book, with Michael Basseler, Michael Collins and Andrea Marzocchi @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social.