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Two futures (past). One series…. commapress.co.uk/series/futur...

My shortlisted story, "Fools Mate", is available as part of @commapress.bsky.social 's Dinesh Allirajah Prize anthology:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FL7FXXJ3

IRAN + 100 just arrived at Comma Towers 🥳

Looking good alongside the rest of the Futures Past series 👀

📗Pre-Order here: commapress.co.uk/books/iran100

Letter from Gaza: “What I feel isn’t just hunger. It’s slow, internal erosion” This famine is an engineered one – a war on our bodies, our clarity, our ability to move.

‘This famine is an engineered one – a war on our bodies, our clarity, our ability to move’ Read Sondos Sabra’s Letter from Gaza in The New Statesman. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Whoop-whoop! We always dine at Harryhausen's!

Image of the Kraken from the 1981 CLASH OF THE TITANS film. Creature looks like a large merman (green), made by Ray Harryhausen.

Just finished up a great conversation on the creatures of the 1981 film, CLASH OF THE TITANS, with special guest Adam Marek.

Adam’s latest short story collection, “The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need,” is currently out from @commapress.

Look for our episode this week!

The Book of COVENTRY (A City In Short Fiction) - TripFiction The Book of COVENTRY (A City In Short Fiction). Editor: Raef Boylan. This is part of series, with new city titles regularly added to the collection. The

Come to COVENTRY

The Book of Coventry (A City In Short Fiction)
Editor: Raef Boylan
www.tripfiction.com/the-book-of-...

Published by @commapress.bsky.social

"..these stories underline the (oftentimes, wry) affection the writers have for the city.."

#blueskybooks #booksky

commapress.co.uk/books/kurdis... @commapress.bsky.social

1 space left for our FREE Horror Writers' Day at Chorlton Library! 🎟️🔥

We still have places available (including bursaries) for the full short story course lead by @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social!

Learn the tricky art of terror & get published in a Comma eBook 👇

eventbrite.co.uk/e/horror-sho...

A busy day at #LAAF saw an evening of stories and discussion @thebluecoat.bsky.social, launching @commapress.bsky.social' daring new anthology, Palestine Minus One PLUS Mohamed Gohar spoke on his architectural and heritage experiences for his exhibition 'The Alexandrian' at Yamama Café and Bar.

Happy (belated) ‘Oswald Mosley coming to Manchester & getting his head kicked in’ day to all who celebrate 🥳

From MCR to Cable Street & the Spanish Republicans before them, there’s only one thing to do when Fascists march.

¡No Pasarán!

📗 commapress.co.uk/books/resist

In the post today, "Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide" by Batool Abu Akleen, Nahil Mohana, Sondos Sabra & Ala'A Obaid. Published by @commapress.bsky.social
commapress.co.uk/books/voices... #FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide #endtheoccupation 🇵🇸❤️🕊️

The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories

The Home Office could allow them in with a click of their fingers (as they did with Ukrainian and Afghan visas) but they’re refusing, write to your local MP now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"Space Imam"—a story by Hassan Blasim A story excerpted from Hassan Blasim’s forthcoming collection entitled "The Buried," to be published at the end of the year.

“They said, ‘Read!’ I said, ‘I won’t read!’ They punched me, and I fell off the chair.”

🚀 “Space Imam” by Hassan Blasim (trans. @abdulrazzak) is a surreal sci-fi tale of faith, methane & rebellion.

Read via in our latest issue: bit.ly/space-imam

#TMR52#FreedomToRead @wsoykirjat @commapress

YouTube video by STV News 'I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland - but I'm trapped in Gaza'

‘I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland- but I’m trapped in Gaza’. PhD candidate Shaimaa was set to do research in ArabSF in Edinburgh (inc. an internship at Comma) but now the Home Office is making it impossible for her to get a visa. Write your MP today. youtu.be/vcKKsgWftso?...

Thanks Dan!

Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists "Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca Vawdrey.

📝 “They want to erase every trace of that life. But still, I remember.”

Francesca Vawdrey on “Voices of Resistance: Diaries of a Genocide” by Batool Abu Akleen, Sondos Sabra, Nahil Mohana & Ala’a Obaid (@commapress.bsky.social, 2025): bit.ly/memoricide-vo...

#TheMarkazReview #TMR52 #FreedomToRead

Voices of Resistance - Diaries of Genocide | Comma Press £10.99 (Paperback / Diary) - Nahil Mohana, Sondos Sabra, Ala’a Obaid, Batool Abu Akleen

commapress.co.uk/books/voices...

Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide (Comma Press, 2025), presents the diary entries of four Palestinian women living through the genocide in Gaza. Spanning a time frame from October 2003 to M…

‘Between adapting & desensitisation – coercion & normalisation – what's next for Palestinians in Gaza?’

✍️@ramonawadi.bsky.social on Voices of Resistance for
@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250723-voi...

JANE ROGERS & FIRE READY
Caxton Books Book Club 📚

🗓️July 28 2025
📍Caxton Books, Frinton-on-sea, CO13 9PP

Reserve your place via
📞01255 851505
📩 enquiries@caxtonbooks.co.uk

Each session is £6 & requires a book purchase 👇
📘 commapress.co.uk/books/fire-r...

Read Comma press officer @gforsterwrites.bsky.social's interview with @northernbooksblog.bsky.social where they talk current reads, favourite Comma books and the Northern publishing scene! 👇

The Book of Sana'a - A City in Short Fiction | Comma Press £10.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Abdoo Taj , Badr Ahmad, Atiaf Alwazir, Maysoon al-Eryani , Gehad Garallah and others

commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...

'The Book of Sana'a, for outsiders, is a way in. But for people who know it, it brings it alive.'✍️

In the latest Comma blog, editor Laura Kasinof talks first impressions, Yemen's overlooked role in the region, & engaging with a place through fiction.

📜 commapress.co.uk/blog/the-boo...

GAIA HOLMES at The Triangle, Shipley 🎉

📅 Wed 30 July
📍 The Triangle, BD18 3DS
⌚ 7pm for 7.30 start

🎫 Pay-as-you-feel

Join Gaia for a special guest reading at the 83rd Rhubarb at The Triangle, plus an ever-wonderful open mic for new writing.

I’ve booked for this mighty fine charity comedy night in Manchester - why don’t you?
www.seetickets.com/event/a-love...

BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎉

📩DM to apply or to book without fees

Discounted tickets are now on offer for our fan-favourite Horror writing course with @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social starting September 30th at Chorlton Library!

🎟️Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/horror-sho...

Shaymaa Abulebda, an influential writer & scholar from Gaza, should soon be starting a PhD at the University of Edinburgh [part of which is an internship at Comma]. Instead she lives in a tent in al-Mawasi displacement camp in the ruins of southern Gaza.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Recap of our Palestine Minus One preview event at the @liverpoolarabartsfestival on Wednesday!

Thank you to everyone who came and listened to the moving stories from Anwar Hamed and Mazen Maarouf @mazen_maarouf.

📷 @albluofficial

Today is publication day for VOICES OF RESISTANCE. It has been such an honour to work on this extraordinary book. 🍉✊🇵🇸 commapress.co.uk/books/voices...

When they swear they haven’t been on a Comma Press writing course but they’ve learned the art of short fiction in just 6 weeks & have been published in a Comma eBook 👀

HORROR w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social starts Sep 30 👻✍️

🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1469593757...