Short Fiction in Theory and Practice 14.1: Special Section on ‘The Short Story and Ecology’ Guest edited by A. J. Ashworth and Aleix Tura Vecino Vol. 14.1 of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice includes a special section on ‘The Short Story and Ecology’ with original fiction by Claire Dean and Ashley Bullen-Cutting, plus…
Dear ENSFR members, Over the last couple of months we have set up a new communication group to enhance the network’s ability to share information about events, publications and call for papers. If you have any information on events, publications and call for papers that you would like to be shared and posted on the…
The ENSFR reading group The ENSFR reading group aims to provide a digital space for early career researchers and postgraduate students to come together and discuss classic and new short fiction. The reading group is co-coordinated by Maddie Sinclair (University of Warwick), Paul Knowles (University of Manchester) and Ines Gstrein (University of Innsbruck). The group…
Blue Short Stories Special Issue N° 85 of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) Guest editors : Bénédicte Meillon, Université d’Angers, and Frédérique Spill, Université Jules Vernes Picardie Since the turn of the century, the stakes inherent in climate change have turned out to be indissoluble from the threats affecting coastal and marine…
The 17th International Conference on the Short Story in English directed by Dr Maurice A. Lee will take place in Killarney, Ireland, in June 2025. Theme: “How it Works: The Uniqueness of the Short Story.” Often, the short story is defined by what it is not: the novel. Yet perhaps the better question to ask…