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'National organisation supporting excellence in short fiction' - The Guardian. News & events + Awards: https://t.co/wmMu4O38qR

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And so from Cornwall: our next short story club (Nov 21) focuses on Daphne Du Maurier's Don't Look Now hosted from the edge of Bodmin Moor by @cathygalvin1 : Tickets & more: tinyurl.com/uh4d9aw6 @WorksLiterature @CornwallLive

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My debut collection of short stories that have been on @BBCRadio4 collected as ‘I hear You’ out with the brilliant @saltpublishing next March. Some of these written while funded by @ArtsCouncilNI and some thanks to @artscouncil_ie - thanks to @WordFactoryUK & @cathygalvin1 too

.@saltpublishing has announced I Hear You, a debut short story collection set in Belfast by @paul_mc_veigh bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

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If you need another reason to come celebrate The Book of Coventry with us this Thursday @FargoVillage, check out these Cov music bookmarks we’ll be giving out with copies 👀🎶 🎟️ get your tickets here eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-of-… 📘pre order the anthology commapress.co.uk/books/the-book…

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A fantastic short story celebration from @commapress and Coventry event with Word Factory director @cathygalvin1 Great job editor Raef Boylan

THE BOOK OF COVENTRY LAUNCH 🎉 📍@FargoVillage🗓️26 September 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-of-… Join editor Raef Boylan with authors Cathy Galvin, Holly Watson, Nirmal Puwar & House of Cards Screenwriter Andrew Davies as we celebrate Cov lit! Book your tickets here👆

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THE BOOK OF COVENTRY LAUNCH 🎉 📍@FargoVillage🗓️26 September 🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-of-… Join editor Raef Boylan with authors Cathy Galvin, Holly Watson, Nirmal Puwar & House of Cards Screenwriter Andrew Davies as we celebrate Cov lit! Book your tickets here👆

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Just a handful of tickets left for our playdate this month with Eley Williams. Don't miss the chance to put a little playfulness back into your work. @4thEstateBooks @cathyygalvin1 eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-play-date-…


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'An absolute belter of a book' Anne Enright 'A dazzling tale’ Guardian ‘A violent, extravagant adventure’ The Times ‘A bloody brilliant little symphony’ Max Porter Escape to the badlands this summer with Kevin Barry's new novel.


Don't miss our play date with Eley Williams on July 31: an online masterclass in celebration of her new collection from @4thEstateBooks Moderate To Poor, Occasionally Good with @cathygalvin1 Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-play-date-…

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Joyous @WordFactoryUK celebration. Congrats to the winner of our inaugural Political Short Story Award @aeshields (right) reading with the mighty @courttianewland and @Susmitatweets In honour of our friend Uschi Gatward. Thanks @BHwritinglegacy @amyzsolis for the fantastic…

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⏰ Tonight! ⏳

Join @DevaneEmily and @HanaKhalique at the one and only Word Factory short story club tomorrow! tinyurl.com/mwjuryc7

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Join @DevaneEmily and @HanaKhalique at the one and only Word Factory short story club tomorrow! tinyurl.com/mwjuryc7

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We are sharing some remarkable conversations on Substack .. and more to come.

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📣 3 days to go! 📣 The next @WordFactoryUK short story club is this coming Monday, 20th May, @ 19:00 - 20:00 BST! Join hosts @DevaneEmily and me, where we'll be discussing Naomi Wood's ‘Comorbidities’, winner of the 2023 BBC national short story award. All welcome! 😊

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Honoured to be reading at the @WordFactoryUK Spring Salon on the 5th of June, 7-8:30 pm at @BurleyFisher, with Courttia Newland and Anne Elicaño-Shields, as a tribute to Uschi Gatward and celebrate the winner of the inaugural political short story award. bit.ly/3K2dFTN

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CALLING ALL LINEN PRESS LOVERS🔊🔊💜🪻 Please share amongst all UK female authors #opensubmissions #callout #booksworthreading #femaleauthors #smallpress #shopsmall

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