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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Look what just arrived at Comma HQ! 👀 What might China look like in the year 2119 – a century after the outbreak of Covid-19? 📕 CHINA + 100 (Pub Oct 8) ✍️ Ed. @xuetingni.bsky.social 🔗 Pre-Order Now: commapress.co.uk/books/china-...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Huge congratulations to Cherise Saywell, winner of the 2026 BBC National Short Story Award! 🥳 In 'Ditto' we follow our young narrator as he faces indecision and uncertainty, building up the courage to make a very important phone call. 📘Order the Book commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE BOOK OF VALLETTA 📘 Ed. Kat Storace & Leanne Ellul ✍ 📅 Pub Oct 15 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo... They say Valletta was ‘a city built by gentlemen, for gentlemen’. These stories present the reality: Il-Belt – ‘the City’ – a place made by, for and of ordinary citizens.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2026 🐋🎉 📻 Listen to the live announcement of the winning story on BBC Radio 4 Front Row - 7:15pm on September 29th 📘 Order the Book: commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

STARTING WEDNESDAY! DISCOUNTED PLACES AVAILABLE NOW! 👇🎟️ Join our fan-favourite online horror short story course, starting Sep 30 🎉 Learn the craft of classic horror writing and have your work published in a Comma eBook! ✍️ 🎟️Discounted Tickets Here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'The two years of genocide we’ve all just witnessed constitute yet another dreamlike trauma that Palestinians will always be running from... a living nightmare.' Basma interviewed as part of a new article on Palestinian horror fiction for @inkstickmedia.com ✍ 🔗 inkstickmedia.com/palestinian-...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today to hear the 4th of 5 readings from The BBC National Short Story Award 🎉 'A Second Opinion' by @caoilinnhughes.bsky.social ✍️ 📅 Readings all week (Sep 14-18) on Radio 4 at 3:30pm 📘 Order the Book commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today to hear the second of 5 readings from The BBC National Short Story Award 🎉 'Little Lands' by @lucycaldwell.bsky.social ✍️ 📅 Readings all week (Sep 14-18) on Radio 4 at 3:30pm 📘 Order the Book commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm to hear the first of 5 readings from The BBC National Short Story Award 📻 'Burning Bush' by Merryn Glover ✍️ 📅 Readings all week (Sep 14-18) on Radio 4 at 3:30pm 📘 Order the Book commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

BBC National Short Story Award 2026 announces all-women shortlist ✍️🥳 🔗 www.thebookseller.com/news/15k-bbc...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ANNOUNCING THE 2026 BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD SHORTLIST… …tonight at 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4 Front Row 📻👀 📘 Meanwhile, you can order this year’s anthology here: commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS ❤️ Online Short Story Course w/ @cdelull.bsky.social ✍ 📅 Nov 24 - Feb 2 📌 Online Via Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/romance-re... Explore romance writing in a supportive online group designed to spark conversation & creativity, &have your work published in a Comma eBook!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CLASSIC HORROR Short Story Course w/ Andy Murray ✍️👻 📅 Sep 30-Dec 9 📌 Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.com/e/1996084333... Explore classic horror writing & get your work published in a Comma eBook! 📧 Limited discounted tickets available! Email commapublishing(at)yahoo.com to apply!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

👻 CLASSIC HORROR w/@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 📅Sep 30-Dec 9 📌Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho... Explore classic horror writing & get your work published in a Comma eBook! 📧 Limited discounted tickets available! Email commapublishing(at)yahoo.com to apply!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

STARTING THIS FRIDAY! ⌛🎟️ Join us at @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social for the start of our Worldbuilding short story course with @davidhartley.bsky.social - Let's build worlds together! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... 📧 george.forster(at)commapress.co.uk for a discounted ticket

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

FUTURE HISTORIES at Edinburgh Book Fest 📅 August 22 (4:30-5:30) 📌Edinburgh Futures Institute 🎫 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/leila... Where will the world be in 25 years? @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social joins Iran + 100 co-editor Leila Elder for a thought-provoking discussion about imagined futures.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'A riotous, textured collection of local voices past and present. The co-editors and contributors should take pride in the superbly weird glimpse they’ve given here.’ The Book of Cardiff in @foldingrockmag.bsky.social. Review in thread 🔗👇 📘 ORDER HERE: commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

CHINA + 100! 🎉👀 📅 Pub. 24 September 📕 commapress.co.uk/books/china-... The latest in our award-winning Futures Past series poses a simple question to ten Chinese writers: what might your country look like in the year 2119 – a century after the outbreak of Covid-19? Ed. @xuetingni.bsky.social ✍️

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NEW COURSES! ✍️📚 🌎Worldbuilding w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🗓️Aug 28📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... 🦉Folktales w/ Sophie Parkes 🗓️ Sep 1📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... 👻 Horror w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 🗓️Sep 30📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Yesterday we learnt that one of our contributors to The Book of Damascus, the author and musicologist Ala’a Rashidi, who lives in Lebanon, had his house destroyed by Israeli bombing. If you’re feeling charitable, please consider donating to his gofundme: www.gofundme.com/f/fantasies-...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

👻 CLASSIC HORROR w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 📅Sep 30-Dec 9 📌Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho... We’ll explore the stories that forged the horror genre to see what we can learn from them, & how they can inspire fresh writing today. Learn the art of horror & get published in a Comma eBook!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

About to start… the launch of THE BOOK OF CARDIFF!!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

WORLDBUILDING SHORT STORY COURSE w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🌍✍ 📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social M19 3QE 📅 Aug 28 - Jan 15 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... Learn how to craft living worlds for your stories in this practical course with author David Hartley. Let's build worlds together!

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Excited to see Paul Greengrass’ forthcoming UPRISING starring Andrew Garfield as Wat Tyler? Read Sara Maitland’s retelling of the same event, ‘The Pardon List’ in Protest: commapress.co.uk/books/protes...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Launching The Book of Damascus with Odai Al-Zoubi at Rethink, Rebuild, Manchester, earlier this week. More about the book here: commapress.co.uk/books/the-book… #Syria #SyrianLiterature

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Years in development, it’s finally here! Launching The Book of Damascus with editor and contributors, Zaher Omareen, Odai Al-Zoubi and Rasha Abbas (remotely) at LAAF and Bluecoat.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

'Monster Capital is packed with entertaining stories, each one delivering thrills and big ideas that echo the intellectual delights of big-screen elevated horror.' ✍ @bramegieben.bsky.social on Monster Capital for Revol Press 🔗Read the Review revolpress.substack.com/p/haunted-fu...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

THE BOOK OF DAMASCUS LAUNCH 📚 📅 Wed 22 July 📍 Rethink Rebuild Society (SK4 5BH) Join Comma Press & Rethink Rebuild Society to launch The Book of Damascus, an anthology of ten stories set in the Syrian capital. 🎟️ Just £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-o...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Join us at The Canopi on July 30 to launch the first Welsh anthology in our Reading the City series - The Book of Cardiff! Ft. co-editor Martha O'Brien, author John L. Williams & more! 🎟️ £5 or free with a book 🗓️ Jul 30 at 7pm 📍 The Canopi, CF11 6AD 🔗 Book at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-of-ca...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congrats M John Harrison on 'The End of Everything' from @serpents-tail.bsky.social 🎉 This novel depicts a disintegrating Britain ruled by the iGhetti: aliens first seen in 'The Crisis' from 'You Should Come With Me Now' which we proudly published back in 2017. 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/you-sh...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Fans have been won over by the Congolese superfan who stands in tribute to the DR Congo's first PM, #PatriceLumumba, who was assassinated by Belgian & US colonialists. More in The American Way, ft 'The Lumumba Buisiness' by Fiston Mwanza Mujila. 📗 commapress.co.uk/books/the-am...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

READING LIST for #RefugeeWeek 📚🌎 📘 SOLOLAND by Hassan Blasim commapress.co.uk/books/sololand 📕 VOICES OF RESISTANCE by Nahil Mohana, Sondos Sabra, Batool Abu Akleen & Ala'a Obaid commapress.co.uk/books/voices... 📔 REFUGEE TALES V Ed. David Herd & Anna Pincus commapress.co.uk/books/refuge...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

COMMA PRESS #WorldCup2026 SALE! ⚽📚 Order via commapress.co.uk by July 20th for £1 off any of these books! 📚👇 📚 commapress.co.uk/books

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

'It’s to the credit of editors Ra Page and David Sue that the stories, which could easily have taken a mostly literal approach to the premise, vary as much as they do… there are no poor stories in Monster Capital.' Monster Capital in @locusmag.bsky.social 🚀 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 📚 Sales Closing Soon! 🎫⌛ 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 MMU Business School 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come to Publishing Insights Day '26 to learn from the experts, ask your burning questions, & get hands-on experience.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

TODAY from 11am at The Nico Ditch, Ashton! 📚✍️ Join us for a FREE folk writing workshop plus readings and a panel with local authors Sophie Parkes, Emma Hinds & @torbellamy.bsky.social 🥳 🎟️ FREE tickets but please RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/1988088622...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

FOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/events/19879... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📕 The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need commapress.co.uk/books/the-un...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📘 Fire Ready commapress.co.uk/books/fire-r...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📕 Monster Capital commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Not to be the 27 year old *technically Gen Z* social media guy who is actually unc but… 📓In Another Country commapress.co.uk/books/in-ano...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

FOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook. BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎟️ 📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Liked #Backrooms? This anthology of horror plumbs the same depths of uncanny terror. From replica rooms built obsessively beneath their originals, to the decaying memories of old traumas embodied in a haunting hand-puppet. 📓 THE NEW UNCANNY commapress.co.uk/books/the-ne...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

MARKETING DEEP DIVE ✍📚 w/ @javeryai.bsky.social at Publishing Insights Day '26 📅 JUN 11 📌 MMU Campus 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Ever wondered what goes into marketing your favourite titles? Join Orion Books senior marketing manager Javerya Iqbal in this hands-on deep-dive session.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

'The execution of this collection is as good as the concept, and that’s high praise.’ ✍️ Mat Coward on Monster Capital for @mstaronline.bsky.social 🔗in🧵👇 📘 MONSTER CAPITAL: commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

AGENTING DEEP DIVE SESSION w/ Laura Bennett✍📚 Ever thought about becoming a literary agent but don't know how to get started? Join Liverpool Literary Agency's @losbennett.bsky.social for this practical deep-dive session into the work of a literary agent. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 🎉 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 Geoffrey Manton Building Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come along to Publishing Insights Day 2026 to learn from the experts, ask all your burning questions, & get hands-on publishing experience. 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Tonight, if you’re in Manchester, and feel like supporting one of the most important literary actions out there…

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