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European Network of Short Fiction Research

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We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.

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Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Please find the ENSFR Events Programme below. ENSFR Events Programme - Autumn 2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/19/e...
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ENSFR Events Programme – Autumn 2026
Links to the individual events: ENSFR General Meeting: September 28 @ 18 h 00 min – 19 h 00 min The Short Story Salon: October 19 @ 18 h 00 min – 19 h 00 min Short Story Anthologies Rou…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Scratch A4 Competition -2026 ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/09/08/s...
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Scratch A4 Competition -2026
Scratch A4 is a bi-annual Short Story competition for To enter our competition to read your story at Scratch A4, complete these two simple steps… 1) Buy this Contestant Entry ticket. You will…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/m...
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Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael
| Blurred Edges| Ballerini Book Press| Luzern Switzerland 2026| £13.00 First-person narration is not exclusively associated with the short story but it is probably the form where it came into its o…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Special Issue | Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/s...
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Special Issue | Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors
Guest edited by Elsa Court (University of Oxford), Nina Ellis (The American University in Cairo), and Sonya Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University). In ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ Ernest Hemingw…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/02/05/a...
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A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa Cox
Founding Member of the European Network for Short Fiction Research and Editor of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, Ailsa Cox, has produced her own Personal Anthology of the short fiction that h…
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A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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-...
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A Small, Good Thing Podcast. ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/01/16/a...
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A Small, Good Thing Podcast.
A Small, Good Thing is a podcast about the short story form that features interviews with writers, academics, publishers and short story enthusiasts. New episodes are released every three weeks on …
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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
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Issue 28 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Luke Buffini, ‘Damilola’ Joe Bedford, ‘Mating Habits’ Lillith Pollock, ‘On Wanting’ Lavanya Arora, 3 poems Thomas Storey, ‘Windwatt’ Gary Dunca...
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Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
'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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Debuts, comebacks and suprises | John Self | The Critic Magazine
It’s that time when we round up the best fiction of the year that wasn’t covered in this column…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Event: Materiality in the Short Fiction of Alice Munro: Special Issue Launch
This launch event celebrates the publication of a new Short Fiction in Theory and Practice special issue which critically examines materiality in the short fiction of Alice Munro (1931-2024). Throu…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Event: Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories’ 50th Anniversary Roundtable
Join us as we honour the enduring legacy of Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories (1976), a landmark work that reshaped how we read, teach, and think about short fiction. This special event …
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Remember the Save Our Short Story campaign? Special online event Tuesday 9th December @ensfr.bsky.social. ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/revisi...
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Event: Revisiting the ‘Save Our Short Story’ Campaign: A Retrospective Gathering
The ENSFR invites you to a special event commemorating the legacy of the Save Our Short Story campaign — a landmark movement that rallied writers, scholars, and readers in defence of the short stor…
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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:/...
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Join us for this exclusive interview with the founder of Comma Press. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Congratulations to them all but especially @cdrose.bsky.social
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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Here's an official thing! Official is good.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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.
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Well done all and especially Ed Hogan @ensfr.bsky.social
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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
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Issue 27 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Róisín Leggett Bohan, 3 poems Livi Michael, ‘Signs’ Immanuel Misfud, ‘Rue Garenne’ (trans. Ruth Ward) Cormac Culkeen, ‘My Dog Ate the Sun’ Laur...
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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 05/06/2025
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’
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An ill wind: Poppyland, by D.J. Taylor, reviewed
As the term refers to the stretch of the north Norfolk coastline between Sheringham and Mundesley, only one of the stories in D.J. Taylor’s engrossing new collection strictly takes place in ‘Poppyland...
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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 29/05/2025
🌺 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
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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
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Corinne Fowler, Our Island Stories, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles - The Manchester Review
Fowler unearths the hidden legacies of slavery, capitalism and exploitation that make up contemporary British relationships with the countryside Corinne Fowler | Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through ...
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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
and finally... www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ud... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com
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Writing For Life: Outro
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Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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
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The European Network for Short Fiction Research was established in 2013 with the aim of fostering and promoting the study of short fiction in European universities and in interaction with short fic…
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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
latest episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOzR... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com
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Episode 7 Recovery
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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Episode 6: Can publishing make you ill? www.youtube.com/@Writing_for... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bRW... @ailsacox.bsky.social @ensfr.bsky.social
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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’.
A blue swirled back featuring cartoon heads of the two hosts.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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.
Routledge Book Cover: Blue and Green design with title in white band in the middle
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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our new Small Pleasures episode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac0U... @ensfr.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social
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Small Pleasures Episode 19: Sarah Hall 'Mrs Fox' and Jackie Kay 'My Daughter the Fox'
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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
An image of person looking out in the future represented by white clouds.

The person is covered in green foliage and electric wires.
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12884 Livi Michael reviews Albertina Sarrazin, The Crib and Other Stories, translated by Sonya Moor. @confingopublishing.bsky.social
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Albertine Sarrazin, The Crib and Other Stories, trans. Sonya Moor, reviewed by Livi Michael - The Manchester Review
Fine new translation of a wonderful writer who lived an extraordinary life Albertine Sarrazin | The Crib and Other Stories, trans. Sonya Moor | Confingo: £10.00 (available to pre-order)Reviewed by Liv...
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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...
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12879 Anna O'Boyle reviews He Used to Do Dangerous Things by Gaia Holmes @commapress.bsky.social
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Gaia Holmes, He Used to Do Dangerous Things, reviewed by Anna O'Boyle - The Manchester Review
A poet’s inventive and unusual debut short fiction collection Gaia Holmes | He Used to Do Dangerous Things | Comma Press: £10.99Reviewed by Anna O’Boyle Gaia Holmes’ He Used to Do Dangerous Things sec...
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Springtime in Castlefield. Patricia Farrell, @elizabethbaines.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social and the other one is me.
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European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"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.
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On the Calculation of Volume — Solvej Balle’s tale of time at a standstill
In the first two of seven volumes, the International Booker-longlisted Danish author follows her protagonist, again and again, through the same day
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The Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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...
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Poet of the Month (April): P. C. Evans
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For April, we are delighted to publish two new works by P. C. Evans. The first of these, ‘Selection&#821…
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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 02/04/2025
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/
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Reclaiming Academic Publishing: The Launch of the Open Journals Collective
Earlier this week we launched the Open Journals Collective (OJC), an equitable, sustainable, community-led alternative to the big deals and transformative agreements offered by corporate academic publ...
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confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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...
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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...
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A short story tour of Manchester.
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Ailsa Cox @ailsacox.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Tessa mentioned Mavis Gallant the night she won the Edge Hill Prize @edgehillprize.bsky.social for her own brilliant work in the short story form.
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Scratch Books @scratchbooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Announcing… FAILED SUMMER VACATION by Heuijung Hur - translated by Paige Aniyah Morris. ‘A bold, weird, brave exploration of the imagination.’ Vanessa Onwuemezi. ‘These strange stories of isolation and longing will stay with you.’ Jessie Greengrass. Out from Scratch Books 3rd June!
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