European Network of Short Fiction Research

ENSFR Event: The Short Story Salon October 19 @ 18 h 00 min - 19 h 00 min The Short Story Salon return this evening with readings and conversation from three exciting contemporary writers: Elsa Court, Kim Wiltshire, and Georgina Parfitt. Join us online.

Last week before Scratch A4 short story competition closes! www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...

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

ENSFR is a welcoming, enriching community of short story writers and readers across Europe & UK... wonderful line-up of events! I've attended two of their conferences in person - both magical.

Please find the ENSFR Events Programme below. ENSFR Events Programme - Autumn 2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/19/e...

Scratch A4 Competition -2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/08/s...

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

Special Issue | Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/s...

A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/02/05/a...

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-...

A Small, Good Thing Podcast. ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/01/16/a...

Dear all, Please find issue 28 of the Manchester Review at the link below. Thank you to our wonder writers and readers who continue to support the review. The Editors www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

'The joy is in the journey — and what a joy it is.' @john-self.bsky.social on @cdrose.bsky.social's We Live here Now. thecritic.co.uk/issues/decem...

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Remember the Save Our Short Story campaign? Special online event Tuesday 9th December @ensfr.bsky.social. ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/revisi...

Dear ENSFR members, We are delighted to present an exclusive interview with Farhana Shaikh the founder of Dahlia Books, a short story press championing diverse and underrepresented voices. The event will take place on Monday 24th November, at 6pm (UK time), over Teams.

Join us tonight form 6:00 Pm for an exclusive interview with Ra Page the founder of Comma Press. @commapress.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Join us for this exclusive interview with the founder of Comma Press. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Congratulations to them all but especially @cdrose.bsky.social

Here's an official thing! Official is good.

The 8th Annual ENSFR Conference (June 10-12, 2026) Dear ENSFR Members, Following the ideas initiated at the Leuven conference in 2017 on the short story, its contexts and co-texts, the 2026 ENSFR conference will be devoted to short forms appearing in magazines and newspapers. CFP to follow.

Well done all and especially Ed Hogan @ensfr.bsky.social

Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is Now Live! We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe. We hope you enjoy reading our new issue. www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

An ill wind: Poppyland, by @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social , reviewed in The Spectator by George Cochrane ‘Norfolk life looks quietly bleak in these carefully worked short stories of broken homes, precarious employment, dwindling expectations and torpor’

🌺 New from DJ Taylor – Poppyland 🌺 Published Mon 2nd June, a dazzling collection of short stories explores the murky edges of nostalgia, ambition, and identity in England. 📖 Buy now: www.saltpublishing.com/products/pop... #Poppyland #DJTaylor #ShortStories #BookSky #IndieBooks #SaltModernStories

Paul Anthony Knowles Reviews Corinne Fowler's Our Island Stories. 'Fowler unearths the hidden legacies of slavery, capitalism and exploitation that make up contemporary British relationships with the countryside' www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12892

and finally... www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ud... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

Some of my best PhD experiences @universityofessex.bsky.social included presenting and attending @ensfr.bsky.social conferences. Here is my spotlight on writing short fiction (thanks Ines Gstrein & Paul Anthony Knowles). The challenge was answering 3 questions in 75 words! ensfr.univ-angers.fr

latest episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOzR... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

Episode 6: Can publishing make you ill? www.youtube.com/@Writing_for... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bRW... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social

Small Pleasures podcast: In the latest episode, Livi Michael and Sonya Moor look at two marvels of short fiction – Sarah Hall’s ‘Mrs Fox’ and Jackie Kay’s ‘My Daughter the Fox’.

Short fiction in a flash: a bite-size interview with Vesna Main, by Sonya Moor is now live on the ENSFR website. ensfr.univ-angers.fr

New Book: Anthologisation and Short Fiction: Magnitudes of Telling by Paul Delaney This original new study explores the recent flowering of short fiction in Ireland. Specifically, it discusses the cultural, material, and ideological usages of the short form.

Our new Small Pleasures episode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac0U... @ensfr.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social

Final day for Papers! Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025. The conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester. Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com

A week to Go for CFP! Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025. The conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester. Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12884 Livi Michael reviews Albertina Sarrazin, The Crib and Other Stories, translated by Sonya Moor. @confingopublishing.bsky.social

The Northern Publishers' Fair returns this Saturday! 📚📣 📍Manchester Central Library 📅Sat, April 26th 🕚Starts 11am 🎟️FREE FOR ALL! RSVP at: fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/71509...

Mircea Eliade: Time, Death, and the Unspeakable Secret Translated from Romanian by Mac Linscott Ricketts Edited by Bryan Rennie 30 May 2025: £13.99, The Romanian writer Mircea Eliade Short Story collection consists of six of his best short stories, taken from over a 30-year period.

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12879 Anna O'Boyle reviews He Used to Do Dangerous Things by Gaia Holmes @commapress.bsky.social

Springtime in Castlefield. Patricia Farrell, @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social and the other one is me.

Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025. The Ecological Futurity Conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester on the 27th of June 2025. Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com

"This being a serious work of literature, Tara doesn't think about playing the lottery or betting on the horses." Me on Solvej Balle's time-loop novel Groundho-- ... I mean, On the Calculation of Volume Books I and II.

We’re delighted that our Poet of the Month for April is @pcevans.bsky.social. The first of three poems, ‘Selection’, is now online with two more to follow at the weekend. Photo by David Street. thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/02/p...

Reclaiming academic publishing: @ojcollective.bsky.social is a community-led, no-APC #openaccess alternative to corporate publishers + transformative agreements/ big deals. Fund #diamondOA. Cancel TAs & big deals. Let’s build something better, together: www.openlibhums.org/news/795/

Thank you to everyone who came to the inaugural Northern School of Writing Publishers Fair at the University of Salford last Thursday. Thanks, too, to the Clifford Whitworth Library for hosting it and David Savill for organising it. We look forward to returning next year...

So cool to see all 12 stories from The Book of Manchester on Commonword's Digital Lit Map of the city! 🐝📚 📍Click the Comma pins to read excerpts from each story pinned to their real-world location 📘The Book of Manchester commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo... 🗺️Visit the map google.com/maps/d/viewe...