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NEW COURSES! ✍️📚 🌎Worldbuilding w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🗓️Aug 28📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... 🦉Folktales w/ Sophie Parkes 🗓️ Sep 1📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... 👻 Horror w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 🗓️Sep 30📌Online 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho...
Yesterday we learnt that one of our contributors to The Book of Damascus, the author and musicologist Ala’a Rashidi, who lives in Lebanon, had his house destroyed by Israeli bombing. If you’re feeling charitable, please consider donating to his gofundme: www.gofundme.com/f/fantasies-...
👻 CLASSIC HORROR w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social 📅Sep 30-Dec 9 📌Zoom 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/classic-ho... We’ll explore the stories that forged the horror genre to see what we can learn from them, & how they can inspire fresh writing today. Learn the art of horror & get published in a Comma eBook!
WORLDBUILDING SHORT STORY COURSE w/ @davidhartley.bsky.social 🌍✍ 📌 @levyoldlibrary.bsky.social M19 3QE 📅 Aug 28 - Jan 15 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuild... Learn how to craft living worlds for your stories in this practical course with author David Hartley. Let's build worlds together!
Excited to see Paul Greengrass’ forthcoming UPRISING starring Andrew Garfield as Wat Tyler? Read Sara Maitland’s retelling of the same event, ‘The Pardon List’ in Protest: commapress.co.uk/books/protes...
Launching The Book of Damascus with Odai Al-Zoubi at Rethink, Rebuild, Manchester, earlier this week. More about the book here: commapress.co.uk/books/the-book… #Syria #SyrianLiterature
Years in development, it’s finally here! Launching The Book of Damascus with editor and contributors, Zaher Omareen, Odai Al-Zoubi and Rasha Abbas (remotely) at LAAF and Bluecoat.
'Monster Capital is packed with entertaining stories, each one delivering thrills and big ideas that echo the intellectual delights of big-screen elevated horror.' ✍ @bramegieben.bsky.social on Monster Capital for Revol Press 🔗Read the Review revolpress.substack.com/p/haunted-fu...
THE BOOK OF DAMASCUS LAUNCH 📚 📅 Wed 22 July 📍 Rethink Rebuild Society (SK4 5BH) Join Comma Press & Rethink Rebuild Society to launch The Book of Damascus, an anthology of ten stories set in the Syrian capital. 🎟️ Just £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-o...
Join us at The Canopi on July 30 to launch the first Welsh anthology in our Reading the City series - The Book of Cardiff! Ft. co-editor Martha O'Brien, author John L. Williams & more! 🎟️ £5 or free with a book 🗓️ Jul 30 at 7pm 📍 The Canopi, CF11 6AD 🔗 Book at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-of-ca...
Congrats M John Harrison on 'The End of Everything' from @serpents-tail.bsky.social 🎉 This novel depicts a disintegrating Britain ruled by the iGhetti: aliens first seen in 'The Crisis' from 'You Should Come With Me Now' which we proudly published back in 2017. 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/you-sh...
Fans have been won over by the Congolese superfan who stands in tribute to the DR Congo's first PM, #PatriceLumumba, who was assassinated by Belgian & US colonialists. More in The American Way, ft 'The Lumumba Buisiness' by Fiston Mwanza Mujila. 📗 commapress.co.uk/books/the-am...
READING LIST for #RefugeeWeek 📚🌎 📘 SOLOLAND by Hassan Blasim commapress.co.uk/books/sololand 📕 VOICES OF RESISTANCE by Nahil Mohana, Sondos Sabra, Batool Abu Akleen & Ala'a Obaid commapress.co.uk/books/voices... 📔 REFUGEE TALES V Ed. David Herd & Anna Pincus commapress.co.uk/books/refuge...
COMMA PRESS #WorldCup2026 SALE! ⚽📚 Order via commapress.co.uk by July 20th for £1 off any of these books! 📚👇 📚 commapress.co.uk/books
Come see us with the @northernfiction.bsky.social at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds for the NFA Summer Book Fair ☀️📚 Ft. @northodoxpress.bsky.social, @carcanet.bsky.social, @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social, @stairwellbooks.bsky.social & more!
'It’s to the credit of editors Ra Page and David Sue that the stories, which could easily have taken a mostly literal approach to the premise, vary as much as they do… there are no poor stories in Monster Capital.' Monster Capital in @locusmag.bsky.social 🚀 📘 commapress.co.uk/books/monste...
PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 📚 Sales Closing Soon! 🎫⌛ 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 MMU Business School 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come to Publishing Insights Day '26 to learn from the experts, ask your burning questions, & get hands-on experience.
TODAY from 11am at The Nico Ditch, Ashton! 📚✍️ Join us for a FREE folk writing workshop plus readings and a panel with local authors Sophie Parkes, Emma Hinds & @torbellamy.bsky.social 🥳 🎟️ FREE tickets but please RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/1988088622...
FOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/events/19879... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook.
📕 The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need commapress.co.uk/books/the-un...
Not to be the 27 year old *technically Gen Z* social media guy who is actually unc but… 📓In Another Country commapress.co.uk/books/in-ano...
FOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook. BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎟️ 📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk
Liked #Backrooms? This anthology of horror plumbs the same depths of uncanny terror. From replica rooms built obsessively beneath their originals, to the decaying memories of old traumas embodied in a haunting hand-puppet. 📓 THE NEW UNCANNY commapress.co.uk/books/the-ne...
MARKETING DEEP DIVE ✍📚 w/ @javeryai.bsky.social at Publishing Insights Day '26 📅 JUN 11 📌 MMU Campus 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Ever wondered what goes into marketing your favourite titles? Join Orion Books senior marketing manager Javerya Iqbal in this hands-on deep-dive session.
'The execution of this collection is as good as the concept, and that’s high praise.’ ✍️ Mat Coward on Monster Capital for @mstaronline.bsky.social 🔗in🧵👇 📘 MONSTER CAPITAL: commapress.co.uk/books/monste...
AGENTING DEEP DIVE SESSION w/ Laura Bennett✍📚 Ever thought about becoming a literary agent but don't know how to get started? Join Liverpool Literary Agency's @losbennett.bsky.social for this practical deep-dive session into the work of a literary agent. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 🎉 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 Geoffrey Manton Building Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come along to Publishing Insights Day 2026 to learn from the experts, ask all your burning questions, & get hands-on publishing experience. 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...