1. Can you remember the first short story you ever read? I remember thinking Kafka’s The Metamorphosis was ridiculous. Later I fell in love with short fiction and thought differently about Kafka’s work, considering story but also themes related to society, working life and family. Ideas or moments in reading often inspire my writing. For…
During the meeting, we will be discussing Maddie’s reading suggestion: the short story “A Song for Sleep” by Bora Chung. The text can be accessed from this link. Our conversation will focus on the following key questions/themes that Maddie has selected: The first-person narration of the short story The use of language / the “language”…
In collaboration with core members of the ENSFR team, Ed Hogan (Open University) delivered an event called ‘Writing Your Work’ on the premises of Arka Original Funerals, in Brighton, as part of the Being Human Festival [beinghumanfestival.org]. The event, which featured a number of bespoke writing activities, was attended exclusively by staff of Arka, and…
A hybrid conference convened by the University of Warwick and Manchester in partnership with the European Network for Short Fiction Research. We are excited to announce this call for papers on Ecological Futurity in ShortFiction. We welcome papers that consider the ways in which short fiction envisions radical alternative futures to a world threatened by…
Special Issue of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE 88, Spring 2027) and another publication Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 November 2025 Guest Editors Xavier Lachazette (Le Mans Université, France), Jaine Chemmachery (Sorbonne Université, France) et Nicole Cloarec (Université de Rennes, France) Presentation Following “How Good Maugham Was: A Critical Reassessment”, the…
Atelier 5 : Société d’Études Anglaises Contemporaines(SEAC) / La nouvelle de langue anglaise The notion of emancipation is commonly associated with a release from legal, social, political, economic, cultural, religious, sexual or moral restraint to gain autonomy and self-determination. In Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta’s words, emancipation “literally means to give away ownership (ex: away; mancipum:…