@scratchbooks.bsky.social
A small press dedicated to the short story. Claustrophiles…
Edited by publisher and writer Tom Conaghan, @scratchbooks.bsky.social is a small London press dedicated to the craft of the short story, publishing anthologies & collections, and organising competitions & events. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
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PRE-ORDER SALE!
To celebrate the launch of SAINTS this Thursday 23rd October, get 25% off your pre-ordered copy!
Just type Saints2310 at the checkout on or before 23rd October...
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This will be ace! Catch us all at Pearse st on 29th Nov!
17.10.2025 10:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ten days to go…!
15.10.2025 07:34 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This superb collection is out in just three weeks! Preorder your copy here!
www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...
Come and have a coffee with me this Sunday morning as I settle down to answer some of your questions! Including:
Latest reads with books from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @scratchbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
What’s my favourite bookshop?
More here:
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We’re one of an elite publishing menagerie coming to Bath on 8th November. Finish your TBRs, smash your piggy banks, bring your big tote bag…
30.09.2025 06:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 02weeks in… 4 weeks to go till submissions close!
27.09.2025 06:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This very GLC Festival appears in the story Adrian Duncan & I wrote for @scratchbooks.bsky.social's "Duets" collection - lovely to see the posters here from @michael954.bsky.social and @lccmunicipal.bsky.social :
25.09.2025 10:55 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1I know!
03.09.2025 21:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘Tim MacGabhann works from an imaginative world that does not rest. A work of sublime devotion to a place and a moment that has been rendered in perfect detail. It’s a sweet and violent magic, and I remain gladly under its spell.’
Ben Pester
‘This handful of offbeat lives, their vivid Mexican setting, their human light and shade, are so well rendered they offer a sense of special access to other realities.’
D.B.C. Pierre
‘The stories in Saints are wise, sad and electric, gentle and attentive in their depiction of even the most jagged, destructive impulses of the human heart.’
Colin Barrett
New title: Saints by Tim MacGabhann!
Nine breathtaking tales shot through with the hallowed light of the miraculous, written in MacGabhann’s pyrotechnic exhilarating prose.
Out 23rd October! Pre-order here:
www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...
Scratch A4 Winter ‘25 submissions open on 13th September! Write a brilliant <1k word story!
More info here: www.scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha4com...
Join Camilla Grudova - and Ludwig - for their 8 week course from 9th September on “Writing the Five Senses, the Imaginative and Surreal”
More info and tickets here:
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I've signed up to this and can't wait
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Just a couple of spaces available before this Masterclass starts in September…
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Last week for the early bird discount! More info below…
08.08.2025 07:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Last couple of days! We’ll post out the last orders on Saturday morning…
17.07.2025 05:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New episode!
Listen to amazing Heuijung Hur speak about her short story collection Failed Summer Vacation published in English by @scratchbooks.bsky.social!
www.spreaker.com/episode/fail...
Just one week till we shut for a fortnight so get your unmissable Scratch books here!
Special offer below…
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Flash Fusion’s 1st birthday is on the way! 🥳
Launched @ Flash Fiction Festival last year on 15 July, we’re celebrating this year with workshops with the editors, starting with Anita's...
All w/shops will be held on Zoom, recorded, discounts available. More info:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flash-fusi...
Great review of Failed Summer Vacation in @thetls.bsky.social this week!
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Sign up here for our amazing September masterclass with the phenomenal Camilla Grudova!
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Great short story collection here! Had the chance to meet the author Heuijung Hur las week. Stay tuned: interview coming out soon!
Thank you to Tom Conaghan at @scratchbooks.bsky.social for sending a copy of the book!
After our fabulous week with Heuijung Hur we have ten signed copies of the amazing Failed Summer Vacation.
Be quick to get yours! Just type “signed copy” in the Notes section of the Checkout.
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A fitting start to summer. Looking forward to this latest gem from @scratchbooks.bsky.social
11.06.2025 08:44 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Get your ticket for this fantastic event on 25th June at @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social!
The authors of the two best books of the summer - in conversation!
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Failed Summer Vacation - the book launch! Heuijung Hur is coming to London on 26th June! Get your free tickets here…
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