Comma Press

Of* 🫠

Ever wondered how a literary translator brings a story into a whole new language? Come along to Manchester in Translation 2026 for practical workshops on literary translation, with a focus on Chinese.

Non-speakers or Chinese welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

QUEER FICTION SHORT STORY COURSE ✍️

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

📅 6-8pm Wed:
Mar 25, Apr 22, May 20,
Jun 17, Jul 15, Aug 19

📍 SEESAW - M1 6NG

Learn to write short stories & explore the world of queer fiction in an inclusive writing group lead by @cdelull.bsky.social.

QUEER FICTION WRITERS' DAY ✍️

📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)

📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN

🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.

Queer Fiction Short Story Course w/ Chloe De Lullington Learn the art of writing short stories and explore the world of queer fiction in an inclusive writing group lead by Chloe De Lullington.

This is a companion to our full Queer Fiction course.

The course will teach the craft of short stories & explore queer fiction through exercises & analysis of queer texts.

Writers will develop 2-3 stories with their best work published in a Comma eBook.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

QUEER FICTION WRITERS' DAY ✍️

📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)

📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN

🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.

TICKETS GOING FAST!🎟️🔥

Book your place for Voices of Resilience: Diaries & Poetry from Gaza at Leeds playhouse on Feb 5th👇

🎟️ www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/book-online/...

What are short stories for? I’VE been asked if I shape my material to serve political purposes, and the answer is I hope I never do. To quote the greatest short story writer of all time, Anton Chekhov: The role of the artist is ...

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/what...

Jane Rogers examines the connection between life & fiction in today's issue of The Morning Star ✍

📻 5 stories from Fire Ready will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from March 2-6 from 10:45pm

📘 FIRE READY: commapress.co.uk/books/fire-r...

QUEER FICTION SHORT STORY COURSE ✍️

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

📅 6-8pm Wed:
Mar 25, Apr 22, May 20,
Jun 17, Jul 15, Aug 19

📍 SEESAW - M1 6NG

Learn to write short stories & explore the world of queer fiction in an inclusive writing group lead by @cdelull.bsky.social.

Ever wondered how a literary translator brings a story into a whole new language? Come along to Manchester in Translation 2026 for practical workshops on literary translation, with a focus on Chinese.

Non-speakers or Chinese welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026 🗣️

📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm

📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR

Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

TICKETS GOING FAST!🎟️🔥

Book your place for Voices of Resilience: Diaries & Poetry from Gaza at Leeds playhouse on Feb 5th👇

🎟️ www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/book-online/...

MICRO MARKETS, MAJOR VOICES:
Strengthening Malta's Small-Island Publishing

We're thrilled to be taking part in the National Book Council's seminar on small-island publishing at The London Book Fair 2026.

Info & Registration 🔗👇
www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en-gb/confer...

MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026 🗣️

📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm

📍 Club Academy
Uni of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road M13 9PR

Come to Manchester in Translation '26 for talks & Chinese translation workshops - no experience necessary!

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...

‘Some things should never be written, some things need to be written… [a] remarkable collection of Palestinian writing.’ - @irishtimes.com

PALESTINE - 1 📕
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...

Join us 5 Feb @LeedsPlayhouse for Voices of Resilience, an evening of diaries and poetry from Gaza. Ft Batool Abu Akleen, Sondos Sabra, Nahil Mohana, Ala'a Obaid, Daeema Najjar. Read by Julie Hesmondhalgh, Dani Abulhawa, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan and many more
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/voices...

📘THE BOOK OF BRATISLAVA - Pub Feb 12
Eds. @juliasherwood.bsky.social & Radoslav Passia

Ft. Lajos Grendel, Igor Hochel, Barbora Hrínová, Jana Juráňová, Lucia Piussi, Richard Pupala, Ján Rozner, Rudolf Sloboda, Alta Vášová & Eva Vozárová.

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

GREENE DOOR MENTORING SCHEME

@greeneandheaton.bsky.social is delighted to be bringing back its Greene Door mentoring scheme for writers from underrepresented backgrounds✍️

📜Completed manuscript not required.

🗓️Closing date is 27 Mar 2026.

More Info: greeneheaton.co.uk/the-greene-d...

What will the struggle for Kurdish independence look like in 2046?

Set in the year 2046, a century after the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, this book offers space for new possibilities in the ongoing struggle for self-determination.

KURDISTAN + 100 📕
commapress.co.uk/books/kurdis...

Congratulations President Trump on winning The Kitschies 'Glentacle' award for extraordinary service to the field of Sci-Fi & Fantasy - couldn't be more deserved! 🎉

Melange of buildings from the city of Bradford etched then shaded in earth tones.

Very happy with my most recent book acquisition. Looking forward especially to the short story by Sairish Hussain.

@commapress.bsky.social 💐📖

'Palestine +100' poses a question to 12 Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in 2048?

Will a lasting peace finally have been reached, or will future technology only amplify the suffering and mistreatment of Palestinians?

@commapress.bsky.social

'Prepare to be surprised, unsettled, and thrilled. And don’t be surprised if you close this book having discovered a new favourite writer.' - @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social

Ft. Ben Connell, Greg D'Cruz, Peter Law, K.L. Johnson, Catherine Wimpeney & Tami Wylie ✍️

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHPVH6...

Oh yeah I saw that, looks really interesting but alas there aren't any screenings I can get to!

Thanks Lucy!

9 years ago we lost Mark Fisher, whose work offers perhaps the best diagnosis of the situation we find ourselves in.

In his memory, we've tasked authors with using Fisher's ideas as a jumping off point for all-new horror fictions.

📘THE MONSTER, CAPITAL (Feb 26)

commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGBB1QZ...

We're delighted to share this wonderful anthology of gothic fiction produced by the writers on our Gothic short story course, taught & edited by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
📕🌹

Ft: Ninutsa Nadirashvili , Peter Beech, Adam Brown, Ewan Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social, Margo Laurie & Christina Isibéal ✍️

🔗👇

Iran stands at a turning point, caught between social pressures within, & sabre-rattling without, but this turning point exists in the context of history.

We asked Iranian authors to picture Iran in 2053, 100 years after the CIA-backed coup to overthrow PM Mossadegh.

commapress.co.uk/books/iran100