Short story writer and critic. I divide my time between past, present and future.
Joined August 2010
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
30 Jan 2025
Reading quite a lot at the moment, and just finished this brilliant short book of 3 stories by @ailsacox from @Confingo Sensitive, surprising, beautiful stories about solitude and obsession. @EverybodyReview @cwaleicester @WordFactoryUK
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
26 Jan 2025
"shuddering with disquiet"
Desmond Bullen reads Precipitation by Ailsa Cox.
northernsoul.me.uk/precipita…
#reading #books @Confingo
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
21 Jan 2025
COMMA BLOG✍️
Dark Underbellies: w/ Ross Raisin
Award Wins, what-the-bloody-hell-is-this? moments, and an ill-fated 2-piece kop band... The 2024 BBC NSSA winner chats about the win, his story in The Book of Bradford & memories of the city.
🔗commapress.co.uk/blog/dark-u…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
20 Jan 2025
The shortlisted books are now with our judging panel… while we wait for the ceremony on 20th February, when the winner will be announced, our interns are enjoying a spot of reading around our beautiful Edge Hill University campus. #edgehilluniversity #shortstoryprize #shortlist
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
17 Jan 2025
Featured today on Creative Writing at Leicester: the brilliant @ailsacox and her new collection of three stories, "Precipitation," with illustrations by Patricia Farrell creativewritingatleicester.b… @EverybodyReview @crystalclearjt @Confingo @edgehill
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Officially launching the centenary search for 100 Stoke-born authored books 1925-2025. Where are you? Who are you? More info: lisablower.co.uk / 100potteriesbooks@gmail.com
@SoTCityCouncil @StokeCreates @stokeontrent100 @English_Keele @NewVicTheatre
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
9 Jan 2025
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Precipitation is a collection of three stories by @ailsacox with images by Patricia Farrell. The fifth in our series of collaborations between authors and artists, it's available for the special price of £6 (plus p&p) till 16.1.25. confingopublishing.uk/produc…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
6 Jan 2025
I don't know if you'd call this an apologia from the brilliant @Kerry2001, but it certainly provides an incisive background to her voice and identity as a writer deeply embedded in place and genre. Please read - would that we could all claim such roots...
6 Jan 2025
I wrote a piece for @bookanista on Black Country noir: bookanista.com/black-country…
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Happy new year from the ENSFR! 2025 is an important year for us as it marks the 10-year anniversary of our first ever conference. You can read more about it here: ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2014/10…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
3 Jan 2025
We are extremely sad to hear of the death of our revered long-time author David Lodge. Our thoughts are with his children and family. His influential place in the history of British letters will endure through the wonderful body of work he leaves behind.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/40krZ2E
Photography © Joel Kaplan
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
27 Dec 2024
Submissions are open for the BBC Short Story Awards 2025!
The BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers’ Award are ready to receive your entries.
Find out more via the links below
bbc.in/4ixvcmA
bbc.in/3Br12kl
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
28 Dec 2024
APPLY NOW! Our newly announced Brutalist Ghost Stories project includes an Arts Council England-funded Emerging Writer Programme, with mentoring for three early stage writers to contribute to an anthology of short uncanny fiction. Deadline: 31 January 2025 confingopublishing.uk/thenew…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
21 Dec 2024
To celebrate #nationalshortstoryday here are some recommendations for classic and contemporary masterpieces from writers and lovers of the form: commapress.co.uk/blog/nation…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
18 Dec 2024
Thrilled to see my experimental short story 'The Worm' published in @The_JSSE's latest issue on Temporality & Landscape. Read for free here, along with some really stimulating papers on a fascinating theme:
journals.openedition.org/jss…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
19 Dec 2024
🎄🎅🎁📚Miss our Christmas post dates? Fear not, you can still give the gift of an annual subscription to Cōnfingō magazine, out in spring and autumn, and only £20 for the year… simply click here to subscribe and that's another present sorted… confingopublishing.uk/shop
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
17 Dec 2024
JOINT COMMA BOOK LAUNCH 🎉
🗓️24 Feb @ 6:30pm 📍@BlackwellsMcr
🎟️eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaia-holm…
These brand-new collections examine the manifold crises of the modern world, from oncoming climate crisis to epidemics of loneliness.
📚Tickets just £4 or free when you buy a book!
17 Dec 2024
We'll be celebrating two stellar @commapress short story collections by Gaia Holmes and Jane Rogers on Monday the 24th of February! If you like tales around activism and struggle, the climate crisis and Earth's decay.. grab yourself a ticket! eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaia-holm…
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
16 Dec 2024
🎄🎅🎁📬CHRISTMAS POSTING! Tomorrow is the last day we can post orders for you to receive any ordered books before Christmas! Head to our online bookstore for a browse… confingopublishing.uk/shop
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Ailsa Cox retweeted
14 Dec 2024
Christmas shopping? Get 20% off Scratch Books this week at our online shop. Including these two beauties - the best short story collections in 2024!
scratch-books.co.uk/shop
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