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Ailsa Cox
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Writer and critic, Emerita Professor of Short Fiction at Edge Hill University UK.
Short stories, Precipitation, https://www.confingopublishing.uk/
https://www.routledge.com/Writing-Short-Stories-A-Routledge-Writers-Guide/Cox/p/book/9781032582481. .. more

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 1d
Too kind! Your list was great too.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks @jonathangibbs.bsky.social for giving me so much to think about.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 1d
A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox
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A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox
Each time I’ve prepared a new edition of Writing Short Stories, I’ve referred to some different texts from writers I haven’t mentioned before.
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks @jonathangibbs.bsky.social for letting me take part. Lots of thought and changes of heart....

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks @jonathangibbs.bsky.social for this great series.

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 1d
The Goldsmiths Prize 2025 winner event!

@cdrose.bsky.social reading from his winning novel & in conversation with @asack.bsky.social.

📍@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
📅 14th January, from 7pm

FREE TIX 👇
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C.D. Rose, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2025
The Goldsmiths Writers' Centre Presents the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2025 in conversation with Amy Sackville, Chair of Judges.
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 2d
It could have been written yesterday, so fresh and vivid.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 2d
Oh, and malice, spite and the desire to humiliate are key | ✍️ Deborah Ross
My tips for Farage-style banter: first, pick a target. Are they alone?
Oh, and malice, spite and the desire to humiliate are key
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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 3d
It's Wednesday evening and officially NEARLY the weekend... and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @ailsacox.bsky.social, author of Precipitation (short stories) and Writing Short Stories (Routledge).

Details and sign up:
About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 3d
Disappointed the novelist is from LA and not from Manchester Waterstones manchestermill.co.uk/jeff-noon-vu... @manchestermill.bsky.social.
'I'm the guy on the edge of the dancefloor just staring'
Jeff Noon was selling books in the Deansgate Waterstones when he had a strange encounter that changed his life
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 7d
I've watched The Sopranos twice, my husband three times. Enjoy.

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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 7d
One week to publication of ELLE: a verse novel. Online launch and publication details here: robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2025/10/my-n...
My new book Elle: A Verse Novel is published by Broken Sleep Books
My new book Elle: A Verse Novel is published by Broken Sleep Books in November 2025   Details for PRE ORDER:  Robert Sheppard - Elle, a ...
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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 8d
@cdrose.bsky.social talking to Alex Clark & Lucy Dallas about We Live Here Now (@ 30mins 50seconds)

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Books of the Year | The TLS Podcast
This week, TLS contributors select their favourites from 2025; plus an interview with CD Rose, winner of this year’s Goldsmiths Prize.
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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 10d
It's Wednesday evening, and so nearly the weekend – and A Personal Anthology. This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Alex Johnson a.k.a. @shedworking.bsky.social.

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About - A Personal Anthology
A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 12d
Or which novel you wish was a short story!

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12d
We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 14d
Happy day-after-birthday!

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Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 15d
Tears flowing in Storm Claudia-tossed Manchester, not for @iancritchley.bsky.social’s choosing Colette de Curzon’s @nightjarpress.bsky.social story in his Personal Anthology hosted by @jonathangibbs.bsky.social, nor for his kind words about me & The Cast, but for *his* story about his twin brother.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 18d
Excellent venue for @nicholasroyle.bsky.social launch. Handy for those of us travelling on the Calder Valley Line!
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Join us this Thursday for the launch of Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle, the final volume in his city-based story collections. Date: 13 November. Time: 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Venue: Pizza Express, Corn Exchange, Manchester. Free entry but RSVP.

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confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 18d
Join us this Thursday for the launch of Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle, the final volume in his city-based story collections. Date: 13 November. Time: 7 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Venue: Pizza Express, Corn Exchange, Manchester. Free entry but RSVP.

confingopublishing.uk/event-list

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 18d
Often, yes, but I was cheered to see Chris Power's name amongst the judges and David Szalay's Turbulence is great. If nothing else, let's celebrate the fact that he's not a Yank, come over here to steal our prizes.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 18d
Turbulence is great too.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 20d
Their long blue trains go past my window, chalking up the miles of cash.

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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 20d
Fascinating discussion from Katherine Clements and fellow @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social author Neil McRobert in Todmorden last night. Worth the long spooky walk to get to Fielden Hall.
wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 23d
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT IS HERE!

Turbine 34 by Katherine Clements🧡 🖤

Camped out alone at Turbine 34, an unnamed scientist soon discovers signs of the devastation and begins to see things that shouldn’t be there...

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/turb...

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The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social · 23d
🧵 A remarkable discovery by Portico Library volunteer Rebecca Lamb has revealed that Charles Dickens signed the Library’s Strangers’ Book in May 1844 — confirming that one of the world’s most celebrated novelists once stepped inside Manchester’s oldest subscription library...
Volunteer discovering Charles Dickens' signature in The Portico's Library's Strangers' book

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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 23d
A happy C.D. Rose, shortly after winning our 2025 Prize last night @foylesforbooks.bsky.social.

Trophy designed and made by Cherrie Tong; pic @davidcollard.bsky.social

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 23d
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT IS HERE!

Turbine 34 by Katherine Clements🧡 🖤

Camped out alone at Turbine 34, an unnamed scientist soon discovers signs of the devastation and begins to see things that shouldn’t be there...

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/turb...

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Melville House @melvillehouse.bsky.social · 24d
@cdrose.bsky.social is the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize winner!!! So, so well deserved ❤️🏆 Read WE LIVE HERE NOW! @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social

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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 24d
Horror Studies 16.2 is out now!

Including ‘Shadow agents: Ecohorror and ambient dread in Vampyr (1932)’ by Benjamin Bigelow.
#horrorstudies Popular Culture Association

Access the issue via Discover 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/host/16/2