Northern Fiction Alliance

Lorna Goodison & Fawzia Muradali Kane: Dante’s Inferno - Carcanet Press Leading Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison will be in London to present her latest work, Dante’s Inferno (Carcanet). As much a transformation as a

On Tuesday 2nd September at 7pm, please join us at London Review Bookshop to celebrate Lorna's recent publication Dante's Inferno.🔥

She will be in conversation with fellow Carcanet poet Fawzia Muradali Kane.

For more information and to purchase tickets:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/lorna...

Northern Publishers Fair | Comma Press

Don't miss this event featuring all your favourite NFA publishers and more, organised by the brilliant @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social! commapress.co.uk/events/north...

Northern Publishers' Fair - Carcanet Press Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher's Fair in Manchester Central Library! Peruse books across genres including

Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher’s Fair in Manchester Central Library, on Saturday 27th September!

Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.

More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...

Lorna Goodison & Charlotte Eichler: Poets & Players - Carcanet Press Please join us on the Manchester leg of celebrated Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison's UK & Ireland tour, where she will read from her new

Lorna Goodison is in Manchester! On Saturday 6th September at 2.30pm, please join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation to celebrate Lorna's recent publication, Dante's Inferno.🔥

No tickets required, but for more information see the link below:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/lorna...

The stories we carry: how Hassan Blasim rewrites identity beyond nationalism - Pulse Z Through exiles who carry mothers’ bones and repressed selves that return in dreams, his fiction dismantles the myth of cultural purity. This interview

“I wrote it while staying in a Hungarian refugee camp – half the stories in The Madman of Freedom Square were composed there. That camp was a crossroads of stories, a marketplace of both conflicts and unexpected bonds.” Hassan Blasim in Pulse Z
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Afghanistan +100 call out. Editor Q&A, Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/afghanista...

This week at Frodsham! Fascinated by the time of the GDR and the fall of the Berlin wall? Join author Sheena Kalayil for tea and cake to discuss 😋

Join us to launch Selected Poems and Essays by Alice Meynell on 3 September, with the book's editor Alex Wong, Meynell's great-granddaughter, the renowned feminist critic and theorist Laura Mulvey, and literary critic Sarah Parker! 📔

🎟️ www.carcanet.co.uk/events/selec...

The North – 71 - The Poetry Business The North is a literary magazine published twice a year by The Poetry Business, and is essential reading for anyone who loves contemporary poetry.

'This is a book about the dangers of love, the dangers of needing it and of withholding it.'

Lydia Unsworth on Martina Evans' collection The Coming Thing, for The North Magazine. Read more here:⬇️
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<i>Alien:Earth</i> star Alex Lawther: "There were 1,600 local crew alone living and working in what essentially became this small town" | Hotpress Having been a massive fan of the original sci-fi chiller as a kid,Alex Lawther is pinching himself that he&rsquo;s landed a starring role inthe big budget Alien:...

Good morning and lovely interview with 'Leonard.'

Leonard and Hungry Paul - 6 Part BBC TV this autumn

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"In this turbulent period, everyone’s words, no matter how significant or trivial, create a ripple effect."—JaeHoon Choi (tr. by Janet Hong).

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The North – 71 - The Poetry Business The North is a literary magazine published twice a year by The Poetry Business, and is essential reading for anyone who loves contemporary poetry.

'Even on a quick initial reading, The Strongbox by Sasha Dugdale will take the reader's imagination in many different directions and offer immediate pleasures of many kinds.'

Edmund Prestwich on Sasha Dugdale's The Strongbox, for The North Magazine. Read more:
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Meet me where the sky touches the sea ✨️ @amylilwall.bsky.social weaves a speculative tale of Britain's future, one in which class and money dictate the ability to leave (and which countries will take them) when a volcano threatens to erupt and cause a tsunami which will cover the UK. Preorders open!

Lorna Goodison: Amang the Friends of Early Days - Carcanet Press Join The Stove, the Scottish Poetry Library, and Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm for a special evening of poetry and conversation with Lorna

Lorna Goodison is in Dumfries! On Tuesday 9th September at 7pm, please join us at The Stove Network & Café to celebrate Lorna's recent publication Dante's Inferno.🔥

There she will be in conversation with Scots Makar, Peter Mackay.

More info and tickets:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/lorna...

Tonight!

First book club! 14th October, 7pm, grab a cuppa and a copy of 'The Wager and the Bear' and come discuss this life-affirming journey, from Cornwall to the Greenland glaciers, with fellow book lovers and author @johnironmonger.bsky.social himself!

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A BEAST SLINKS TOWARDS BEIJING 🐇 by Alice Evelyn Yang is coming 19.02.26 and is available to pre-order now!

A dark, magical realist family saga of war and revolution told amidst stunningly rendered folklore, this is a completely unforgettable debut novel.

Cover 🎨 Luke Bird & Cindy Luan

An Interview with Comma Press Earlier this year, I reviewed Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN, an ambitious collection from Comma Press that brought together fiction and physics.The Manchester-based press has built its r...

Interview with George Forster from Comma Press: we cover short stories, northern publishing, breaking into the industry, challenges facing the publishing industry, and much more.

Make sure to check it out!

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Free horror writing event with @commapress.bsky.social at Chorlton Library next month! 👇

Horror Writers' Day at Chorlton Library A free writers event hosted by Comma Press. Explore horror literature with writers Andy Murray, Bronte Schiltz and Nicholas Royle.

HORROR WRITERS' DAY at Chorlton Library! 👻✍

📅 Aug 23 (11-3pm)
📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN

✍ Writing Workshop w/ Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social

📚 Panel, Readings & Q&A with Andy, @bronteschiltz.bsky.social & @nicholasroyle.bsky.social

🎟️Free but RSVP
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‘This is the most powerful work of collective testament I have ever read. It is a breathtaking and spirit-forging book. It tells it as it is. It could not be more crucial or more urgent. Read it now.’ — Ali Smith

📕Voices of Resistance (Pub. July 17)
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Our Northern Publishers' Fair is back this Autumn!
📅 Sat 27th September, 11am-3:30pm
@manclibraries.bsky.social

✨ 16 publishers (and new agents table!) across all genres
✨ Author book signings
Perfect for readers, writers & literature lovers.

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Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025

Amazing opportunity for LGBTQ+ writers with works in progress! You have until July 2nd to submit a short sample of writing to @TLCUK for the chance to win professional feedback and 1:1 coaching. Applicants also get an invitation to a writing masterclass! literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno...

Really excited to share our first ever Summer Reading list! No pool-side clichés here, and hopefully something for everyone 🙏 😀

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‘This is what the feminists who took up the line “the political is personal” understood: we live within a particular political framework which creates a specific political culture.’ Kamila Shamsie cites Voices of Resistance in her PEN Lecture.

🚨 Join us NEXT FRIDAY (27th June) at #WaterstonesNewcastle for an evening with award-winning author Sheena Kalayil discussing her extraordinary new novel "The Others"
✨ Set in 1989 as East Germany collapses
✨ A story of love, migration & friendship

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Good morning.

A very busy & exciting week ahead.

In London on Wednesday for the @orwellprize.bsky.social awards.

Best of luck to all the finalists with a special nod to our very own @jomcmillan.bsky.social

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On Thursday 26th June at 6pm, please join us at Books Upstairs in Dublin to celebrate the launch of Bunting's Honey by Moya Cannon. The event is free to attend and Moya will be introduced by Gerry Smyth. Refreshments will be provided.

More information: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/b...

On Wednesday 25th June at 7pm, please join us online to celebrate the launch of Passion by David Morley. The event will be hosted by Sinéad Morrissey and will feature readings, discussion & audience Q&A.

Book your ticket here: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/passi...

Poem of the week: The Song of Arachnid by Gillian Allnutt A generous and warm ecofeminist vision of the labours of motherhood

Gillian Allnutt's poem 'The Song of Arachnid' from her tenth collection #Lode is featured in Carol Rumens' online Poem of the Week column in @theguardian.com.
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