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...

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...

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 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...

“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 www.pulse-z.eu/the-stories-...

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...

'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:⬇️ poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/the-...

Good morning and lovely interview with 'Leonard.' Leonard and Hungry Paul - 6 Part BBC TV this autumn www.hotpress.com/film-tv/alie...

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

'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: poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/the-...

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 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! fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...

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

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! @commapress.bsky.social @gforsterwrites.bsky.social

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

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 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horror-wri...

‘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) commapress.co.uk/books/voices...

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. fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87204...

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 🙏 😀 open.substack.com/pub/flyonthe... #books💙📚

‘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 www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

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 @theguardian.com @financialtimes.com @newstatesman.com @thebookseller.com

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...

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. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Join Philip Terry on 28th and 29th June, where he will be performing and running workshops at various events across Ledbury Poetry Festival! Learn more here: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/phili...

I am chairing two events @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social 29th June - 2.30 pm - Writing The North 5th July - 4.30 pm - Careers in Publishing @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social It would be lovely to see you. www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk

@johnironmonger.bsky.social sold out ALL copies of 'The Wager and the Bear' at Linghams Heswall Bookshop (part of #IndieBookshopWeek) - of course he did! 'The Wager and the Bear' is a heart-stopping tale of anger, tragedy, and enduring love www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...

Coming up on BBC Radio 4’s The Verb today, Sunday 22 June: Gillian Allnutt will be talking to host Ian McMillan about her tenth collection Lode and will be reading poems from the book. Tune in 📻 at 5.10pm or listen later. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

So thrilled that Sheena Kalayil's 'The Others' has been included in @newwritingnorth.bsky.social 's latest fave reading round up from the North! Have you read any of these? #books📚💙

Wishing @jomcmillan.bsky.social All the best for tomorrow evening. Finalist in @orwellprize.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Get the book here: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017458...

In a weeks time I'll be at Conway hall in London for the @orwellprize.bsky.social Awards ceremony. I've bought 2 new T shirts. @thebookseller.com @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social

🐻 one thing about me is I'm going to rock up to the function with an unexplained bruise & my Winnie the Pooh dungarees - thanks @northodoxpress.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social & @leedslitfest.bsky.social for having me ☀️

🚨AUTHOR IN THE HOUSE🚨 @cdelull.bsky.social has joined us at Leeds book fair, and will be reading from the brilliant Cacoethes at half past 3!

A great opportunity for those in the North looking to get into publishing 👇

Last week's brilliant online launch event for our Versus Versus anthology is now available on our YouTube with fully corrected captions for anyone who missed the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/07usVjB... @rachaelboast.bsky.social

Pig Iron @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Was the book that really got us noticed. It won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize in 2013. Ben is now an internationally best selling author published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social The worlds '1st' One Book Bookshop www.theguardian.com/uk/the-north...

Please join us at 7pm online on Wednesday 25th June to launch this book! The event will be hosted by Sinéad Morrissey, and will feature readings, discussion, and audience Q&A. More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/passi...

Isn't this just the best news. Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social Has been selected to go on the National Curriculum in Ireland for the Junior Certificate. Alongside. Chinua Achebe Jane Austen Malorie Blackman Esi Edugyan Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck. @thebookseller.com

Many congratulations to Rebecca Hurst (rebeccahurst.bsky.social), who has been shortlisted for the 2025 Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize with The Iron Bridge! Well done to Rebecca, and all the other shortlisted poets and publishers! 🎉 www.carcanet.co.uk/rebecca-hurs...

Oo a 5 star review for GRQ @sbernsteinwrites.bsky.social from Fiona Sharp, Durham Waterstones! "The storyline zipped along at pace: funny, worrying and the characters definitely got under my skin. Would make a good movie. Happy to recommend this very quirky read" www.waterstones.com/book/grq/ste...

Many thanks to @irishtimes.com Review of The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social Finalist in @orwellprize.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social

1989. The Berlin Wall trembles. In a small Baltic city, 3 souls from different continents find their destinies intertwined—Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India & Theo from East Berlin. Join author Sheena discussing novel "The Others" Waterstones Newcastle www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Thanks to Andy Potts and @northeastbylines.co.uk for this excellent review of the late William Martin’s Marratide: Selected Poems (edited by Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social).