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A Small, Good Thing Podcast.16 Jan 2026
A Small, Good Thing is a podcast about the short story form that features interviews with writers, academics, publishers and short story enthusiasts. New episodes are released every three weeks on Thursdays and are available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Spreaker and all major podcast platforms. Everyone is welcome get involved...
Flash in Translation: Uncanny Objects15 Dec 2025
On November 6, 2025, the ENSFR and PesText – International Literary and Cultural Festival hosted an online workshop on “Flash in Translation: Uncanny Objects”. The event was jointly organised by Robert Smid, Paul Knowles, Ines Gstrein and Ildikó Hepp. Eleven writers from four countries – Hungary, Austria, the United Kingdom...
Newsletter Issue 2 | 18 June 202524 Nov 2025
ENSFR Newsletter A biannual update from the European Network for Short Fiction Research (ENSFR) Issue 2 | 18 June 2025 Welcome The ENSFR was created as a joint initiative of researchers at Edge Hill University, the University of Angers and the University of Leuven. We’ve now been joined by many...
Newsletter Issue 1 | 12 December 202424 Nov 2025
ENSFR Newsletter A quarterly update from the European Network for Short Fiction Research Issue 1 | 12 December 2024 Welcome The ENSFR was created as a joint initiative of researchers at Edge Hill University, Université d’Angers and the University of Leuven. We’ve now been joined by many other colleagues from...
Being Human Festival and ENSFR17 Nov 2025
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...
CFP: “American Shorts” University of Lisbon, Portugal, October 29-31, 202630 Oct 2025
The contemporary American short story lives in a context where ‘short’ has tended towards the increasingly economic. Alongside a renewed interest in flash fiction, the 21st century has witnessed an explosion in literary terse forms extending within the web of the digital age, such as twitterature and nano-fiction. Beyond the...

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