| Blurred Edges| Ballerini Book Press| Luzern Switzerland 2026| £13.00 First-person narration is not exclusively associated with the short story but it is probably the form where it came into its own, allowing the writer to experiment with notions of the self, perception and reliability. All twelve of the stories in this fine collection feature…
Guest edited by Elsa Court (University of Oxford), Nina Ellis (The American University in Cairo), and Sonya Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University). In ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ Ernest Hemingway uses a Spanish expression to insinuate the linguistic reality of a geographic location that is experienced only in passing. ‘Dos cervezas,’ says one of his two central…
Richard Brautigan is most famous for his iconic novel Trout Fishing in America (1967), but he was also a prolific short story writer and poet. Whether you are a hardcore Brautigan fan, or you have never heard of him, this episode is for you! Chris Gair is the director of the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, Senior…
Event: Flash in Translation Workshop Series May 2026 The ENSFR and PesText International Literary and Cultural Festival jointly organise a workshop series over the week of May 4, 2026. The event brings together student and more experienced writers from Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the UK and Austria. In preparation for the event, participants…
Chigozirim Nwaosu is a PhD candidate in English Literature in the School of Literature and Languages at the University of Surrey (UK). Her research focuses on the intersectionality between race, gender and sexuality and how it affects contemporary societies. In this episode, Chigozirim discusses the representation of gender and sexuality in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2009…