G. Préher and C. Seltzer, editors of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) / Les cahiers de la nouvelle, are pleased to announce the publication of number 84, a special issue on Joyce Carol Oats, guested edited by Tanya Tomble.Similar Posts
Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 14.2 Landscape and Temporality in Short Fiction
Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 14.2 contains selected articles from the 2023 ENSFR conference on Landscape and Temporality plus an interview with writer Thomas Morris and a range of book reviews. Guest editors are Paul Knowles, Ana Garcia-Soriano and Madeleine Sinclair. Topics and authors covered include Inuit short stories, Hungarian short stories, short fiction…
Call for Papers: Congrès de la SAES at the University of Poitiers – 3-5 June 2026, “Emancipation”
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:…
Podcast: A Small Good Thing
A series of interviews from Andrea Marzocchi at the University of Surrey. Andrea discusses the short story form with academics, writers, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories. Previous episodes have included Michael Collins, Tom Conaghan, Michael Basseler and short story author Heuijung Hur. In the latest conversation he talks to Andrew…
Call For Submissions – Creative Journal Antenna
Antenna: Journal of Arts, Humanities and Health welcomes words and images attentive to life, in its fullness and its fragility. For it is mainly in moments of heightened awareness of our vulnerability, and of the vulnerability of the world we inhabit, that life invites us to slow down, listen, look, feel, and try to find…
Save the Dates! (10-12 June 2026) 8th Annual ENSFR Conference: University of Artois
Dear all, We are excited to announce a Save The Date for the 8th Annual ENSFR Conference. The conference will be held at the University of Artois (Northern France) on the 10-12th of June 2026. The title of the conference is: ‘In Different Shapes: the short story and its modes of circulation in magazines and…
Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books: A Suite in Four Voices, by J.R (Tim) Struthers, Ailsa Cox, Corrine Bigot, and Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Edinburgh University Press releases Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books: A Suite in Four Voices, by J.R (Tim) Struthers, Ailsa Cox, Corrine Bigot, and Catherine Sheldrick Ross – an engaging and authoritative assessment of the middle period in the career of Alice Munro, and an exciting new model for how criticism can be collectively written.