An interdisciplinary journal celebrating the current resurgence in short-story writing and research. Looking at short fiction from a practice-based perspective.

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Intellect is pleased to present Short Fiction in Theory & Practice 16.1! Special Issue: ‘Alice Munro and Materiality’ Including ‘‘That is my torment’: The provenance of ‘Bardon Bus’ by Robert Thacker @SFITAPJournal intellectdiscover.com/conten…
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Unearthing Gaia’s fury in Africanfuturist short fictions: ‘Eclipse Our Sins’ and ‘Oduduwa: The Return’ by Pramanik and Rai - now available online: intellectdiscover.com/conten… @IntellectBooks

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Remember, we'd love to read your submissions for our Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives special issue - deadline 15th September!
We’d love to read your submissions for our special issue on Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives - deadline 15th September! intellectbooks.com/short-fic…
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Available exclusively online: Andrew Plowman discusses Swiss writer Peter Stamm and the relationship between city space and the short story form intellectdiscover.com/conten…

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We’d love to read your submissions for our special issue on Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives - deadline 15th September! intellectbooks.com/short-fic…
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Landscape and Temporality Part 1 - thanks to our guest editors and contributors! intellectdiscover.com/conten…

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31 Oct 2024
Happy publication day to our joint effort. Thanks @EdinburghUP for doing such a great job. edinburghuniversitypress.com….

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Our latest issue is now out - including our special section on ‘The short story and ecology’ guest edited by @AJAshworth and Aleix Tura Vecino @IntellectBooks @ailsacox Full details here: intellectdiscover.com/conten…

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22 Oct 2024
CFP: The Journal of the Short Story in English is inviting contributions on blue short stories, i.e. short stories dealing with marine matters and, more largely, aquatic and terraqueous beings. More here: journals.openedition.org/jss…
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30 Oct 2024
It wasn't me misspelt Aleix Tura Vecino. It was the machine.
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Special section on ecofiction guest-edited by Aleix Turo Vecino and A.J. Ashworth. Includes A.J. Ashworth's interview with Diane Cook.
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Special Issue Call for Papers: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’ Submission deadline: 15 September 2025 For more information click here ow.ly/VToW50TKKZ0 #CFP @SFITAPJournal
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5 Oct 2024
Marta also has a great article on Zoe Wicomb in @SFITAPJournal 13.2 @IntellectBooks
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Congratulations to Marta Fossati for the publication of her book, The South African Short Story in English, 1920-2010! academic.oup.com/book/58073
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Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (Journal) retweeted
4 Oct 2024
Congratulations to Marta Fossati for the publication of her book, The South African Short Story in English, 1920-2010! academic.oup.com/book/58073
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Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (Journal) retweeted
I wrote some stories where absolutely literally nothing happens, mostly to stick it to all the Dramatic Arc Dudes. It'll probably be just a bit too quiet for you. Starting tonight at 10.45pm on @BBCRadio4, dragging on all week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022z4…
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Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (Journal) retweeted
22 Apr 2024
Tomorrow! @SamsSaba winner of @EHUShortStory reading with me, @KKWiltshire @JDPRutter and the Fiction Writers' Network @writing_EHU. 6.30 Arts Centre @edgehill .
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