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With apologies again for the IT meltdown, hoping that people will be receiving our newsletter right now, and with links to all stories to follow - we're delighted to announce the 2025/26 GBP Short Story Prize longlist:
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Nancy Freund
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Big congrats to
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longlist. I THINK I was the 1st to read it - awe-struck, admiring & answering the question: should I read it at the conference? with MAYBE!? or no - YES.
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07 SSP (Clean Sheet) — Galley Beggar Press
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The 2025/26 Short Story Prize Longlist - with links:
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With apologies again for the IT meltdown, hoping that people will be receiving our newsletter right now, and with links to all stories to follow - we're delighted to announce the 2025/26 GBP Short Story Prize longlist:
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GBP SHORT STORY PRIZE: A quick announcement and apologies - we'll be posting the GBP Short Story Prize longlist at 17:00 tonight; it would have been much earlier but alas, an IT meltdown has scuppered that... (Working on it now!) (Please share if you can.)
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Sam Jordison
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As someone from the north of Bradford I find this journalist’s co-opting of my pain deeply offensive and isolating:
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
When will they have the decency to make it all about me instead? I also find this Yorkshire-centrism so troubling. I’m so tired!
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Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Wuthering Heights is inseparable from its landscape – but northern actors seldom get the lead role, instead are pigeonholed as stereotypical or supporting characters. This Bradford-born actor objects
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/17/wuthering-heights-yorkshire-cathy-earnshaw-margot-robbie?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Sam Jordison
9 days ago
On the 'white-washing' of Wuthering Heights - and the imposition of contemporary problems on a book from another time. "... a shame to impose one narrow and divisive way of looking at the world on this complicated, expansive, terrifying and big-hearted work of art"
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White washing Wuthering Heights and the narcissism of now
Who cares who plays Heathcliff?
https://open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/white-washing-wuthering-heights-and?r=6yhew&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Across The Pond Podcast
14 days ago
Our latest episode features a real gem of a novel: Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces:
interabangbooks.com/across-pond
A lovely, moving, funny, sad, insightful novel. Caleb was also great to talk to.
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ACROSS THE POND
Across the Pond is a podcast about the most discussed and anticipated books on both sides of the Atlantic. Interabang Books co-owner Lori Feathers and UK publisher Sam Jordison bring their unique perspectives on the book business, local literary trends, and author news. In each episode Lori and Sam provide a critical take on an important book and discuss how it has been anticipated and received on either side of the pond. Exciting US and UK authors occasionally join Lori and Sam to talk about their work.Follow Across the Pond on Instagram, Facebook, and X for the latest info on episodes.Latest EpisodeEpisode 130We talk to Caleb Klaces about his wonderful, Sebaldian novel, Mr. Outside. Where to stream Across the Pond Spotify Apple
https://interabangbooks.com/across-pond
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Grey squirrels were only introduced in 1876 - wow…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘On a knife edge’: can England’s red squirrel population be saved?
Government plans to protect species by increasing woodland and removing greys, but campaigners say it needs to go further
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/06/england-decimated-red-squirrel-population
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Sam Jordison
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Links, tips and suggestions
The place to discuss literary news and the books you're reading. Featuring a real hero, comically evil AI,
https://open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/links-tips-and-suggestions-ae5?r=6yhew&selection=4009cb93-a087-4b62-8176-f0e1c250ab37&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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Mark Bowles
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Thanks to
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for their care and help at every step of the way! Can’t wait until July..
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Deborah
22 days ago
Very much looking forward to this by
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Nick Black
22 days ago
I love these joyous GBP newsletters, especially all the overspilling PS's. Excited to read the new
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, didn't realise it due so soon!
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There is a new book by Mark Bowles on the way. It's called How Do People Stay The Same. It is, as you might expect, a thing of beauty and wonder. Details here:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
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How Do People Stay The Same
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Michael James
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"the sea itself had become a gaseous, voluminous, screamingly hot malformation of its proper self, out of which was ejected a writhing column of angels." WATERBLACK by
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The Society of Authors
25 days ago
Yesterday, we launched Brave New World? a ground-breaking report about the impact of Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This major new study has been published in partnership with other creator-led organisations.
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Drew Gummerson
27 days ago
New Substack up, featuring
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
@renardpress.com
Laurel and Hardy, Some Like it Hot. And me.
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On Being Down and Out. Almost.
It’s always interesting to see what sofa, item of rubbish, general detritus from everyday life, has appeared on my street each night.
https://open.substack.com/pub/drewgummerson/p/on-being-down-and-out-almost?r=rg1n9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish
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This sounds like actual good news:
www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...
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Government pledges £27.5m to Libraries Improvement Fund as part of £1.5bn package
The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/government-pledges-275m-to-libraries-improvement-fund-as-part-of-15bn-package
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Sam Jordison
about 1 month ago
Some thoughts on Hamnet:
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Wondrous strange
Some thoughts on Hamnet. Yes, I’m here to spoil your fun!
https://open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/wondrous-strange?r=6yhew&selection=bb85d1b5-5746-4ea5-a0cd-106db9e7b716&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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Across The Pond Podcast
about 1 month ago
Deforestation, fascism, cults, resistance and more in our latest episode, a fascinating conversation with Chilean writer Simón López Trujillo about his novel Pedro The Vast:
www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
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129. Simón López Trujillo, "Pedro the Vast" - Across the Pond
Author Simón López Trujillo joins us to talk about his novel Pedro the Vast, a multitudinous novel that explores manuel labor, parenting, religion, and corporate greed.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/episodes/18533283-129-simon-lopez-trujillo-pedro-the-vast
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This is lovely. A reading from Telenovela - and glowing review!
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Reading from Gonzalo C. Garcia's Telenovela
I tested Substack Live again with somewhat better lighting and a good book to read from.
https://amandacoreishy.substack.com/p/live-with-amanda-coreishy-ef6?utm_source=activity_item
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Ian Hagues
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Sam Jordison
about 2 months ago
Links, Tips and Suggestions: "Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions.
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Links, Tips and Suggestions
"Disgustingly lewd" French poetry, Sappho, an absurd (and frightening) attack on Plato, the bloody end of American civilisation and some sustaining literary diversions.
https://open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/links-tips-and-suggestions-097?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Across The Pond Podcast
about 2 months ago
Our latest episode features a conversation with writer and musician Ausyn Wohlers about her book Hothouse Bloom:
interabangbooks.com/across-pond
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A very interesting book by a talented writer. Just what we enjoy talking about.
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Mslexia
about 2 months ago
To celebrate the publication of the 5th edition of our Indie Press Guide and the amazing work of independent presses, we're hosting an ✨ Indie Extravaganza ✨ in the Salon this February!
mslexia.co.uk/shop/indie-p...
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Indie Press Guide 5th Edition | Mslexia a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
The Indie Press Guide (5th Edition) features over 750 UK and Ireland independent publishers and literary magazines, with full submission details, genres, and contact information to help writers find t...
https://mslexia.co.uk/shop/indie-press-guide-5th-edition/
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Liam Bishop
about 2 months ago
Some books I managed to get through over the break! My favourite Tokarczuk after FLIGHTS, a big Dickens (a Christmas tradition), a new one from
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and Gonzalo C.Garcia! Plus not pictured including SWIMING STUDIES by Leanne Shapton, Ben Pester’s novel, and Tim MacGabhann!
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Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
"a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"
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Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia: Chile’s dark era revisited through a family drama
Novel examines the moral compromises of ordinary Chileans living under Pinochet’s dictatorship
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/01/03/telenovela-by-gonzalo-c-garcia-chiles-dark-era-revisited-through-a-family-drama/
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So… we got a real shedder this year…
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Hello from Norwich!
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A chance stroll through Norwich Cathedral and this - (happy new year)!
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Wendy Erskine
about 2 months ago
Thank you so much
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. Great to read this about
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and so touched - and delighted! - by what you say, Sam, about The Benefactors.
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Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
https://samj.substack.com/p/three-books
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Odd This Day
about 2 months ago
Loving the tone of
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Christmas dinner soup - and tomato and coconut for the vegetarian…
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Galley Beggars Die Hard Christmas bonanza!
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Mark Bowles
2 months ago
“For us to co-exist with AI we must engage with it.” Is pure AI regardless of who/ what wrote it!!
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W. J. Davies
2 months ago
My pick for
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's Books of the Year 2025 is Alex Pheby's Waterblack, the third volume in the Cities of the Weft trilogy. Superb, strange fantasy that has reinvigorated the genre.
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Review 31's Books of the Year 2025
Review 31 is an online literary review.
http://review31.co.uk/essay/view/133/review-31
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Cake!
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Tim Leach
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64. Telenovela, Gonzalo C Garcia Funny, sad, and very thoughtful novel set in the Pinochet dictatorship. It's primarily a brilliant slice of life novel, but that allows it to subtly explore the creeping, deadening effects of authoritarianism on everyday life. Great stuff.
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This doesn't sound good:
www.thebookseller.com/news/waterst...
(And it's already terrifying that such an important asset to the UK economy, cultural soft power and to generally making life better is owned by a US hedge-fund.)
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Waterstones and Barnes & Noble owner 'looks to list them on stock market'
The owner of Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, a US hedge fund, is reportedly looking to list the booksellers on the stock market.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/waterstones-and-barnes-noble-owner-looks-to-list-them-on-stock-market
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Renard Press
2 months ago
Fab to be nudging shoulders in this spotlight series with the brilliant
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@prototypepubs.bsky.social
Peirene Press
@roughtradebooks.bsky.social
@deadinkbooks.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
, brilliant publishers flourishing in difficult times. 📚 🙌
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“Married women living with their husbands need not be included…” Amazing scenes for women in the 1910 governmental report on national health insurance (introduced in 1911):
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Benjamin Myers
2 months ago
Thank you
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samj.substack.com/p/three-books
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Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
https://samj.substack.com/p/three-books
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Across The Pond Podcast
2 months ago
Our latest conversation is with Gonzalo C Garcia about his incredible novel Telenovela, Chile, Pinochet, and much more.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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124. Gonzalo C. Garcia,
Podcast Episode · Across the Pond · 10/12/2025 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/across-the-pond/id1557842312?i=1000740578247
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Hellish
3 months ago
On today’s Advent Calendar, Gonzalo C. Garcia gives us a Xmas song he cannot stand. Listen
podfollow.com/hellish
Gonzalo’s excellent ‘Telenovela’ is out now on
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- to hear more about it from Gonzalo himself listen to the latest
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Sirius takes keeping warm and comfortable very, very seriously
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Will Wiles
3 months ago
If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
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The TLS
3 months ago
'No human being is just one way, then. And Telenovela also suggests, quietly but boldly, that no political side is wholly virtuous either.' Lorna Scott Fox on politics, art and authenticity in Pinochet-era Chile
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Life no longer infinite
https://www.the-tls.com/literature/fiction/telenovela-gonzalo-c-garcia-book-review-lorna-scott-fox?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764253059
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Loved reading this:
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Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press
As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/03/illustrating-the-postcolonial-experience-40-years-of-peepal-tree-press
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This morning / this evening (… Christmas!)
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