Katherine Mansfield Studies Call for Submissions

Out now – the special issue of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice , ‘Short Fiction as World Literature’ Guest-edited by Amandio Reis, the issue follows on from the ENSFR conference in Lisbon, October 2022. It includes articles on Janet Frame, Annie Dillard, Lucia Berlin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Zoe Wicomb and Zadie Smith from a host…
Call for Papers Modern detective fiction is usually considered to have started with Edgar Allan Poe’s three Dupin short stories and it is certain that the Sherlock Holmes short stories in The Strand magazine brought the new genre to the attention of the world. Other notable writers who helped shape the genre in the early 20th century, including…
By Laura-Amalia Oulanne A fictional umbrella, doll, or tombstone can engage readers as lived bodies with a lifetime of experience interacting with the material world of things.
Placing Katherine Mansfield University of Birmingham 1–3 July 2025 Keynote speakers: Lauren Elkin (‘Mansfield Walking the City’) and Andrew Harrison (‘Mansfield in the Midlands’) With a special performance from musician Stepha Schweiger Katherine Mansfield once wrote ‘How hard it is to escape from places […] — you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the…
Dates: 23-25 October 2023 Our annual conference is fast approaching. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so asap. The deadline is 20 October.
The prestigious Edge Hill Prize is now in its 16th year and is the only national literary award to recognise excellence in a published, single-authored short story collection. This year’s shortlist includes two previously shortlisted writers and two debut collections, with the winner set to scoop a £10,000 prize. The five shortlisted books are:…