
No Man at All by Naomi Elster
Short Fiction: Whoever named this town Prosper had a sense of humour, and no one was laughing anymore…
Short Fiction: Whoever named this town Prosper had a sense of humour, and no one was laughing anymore…
Short fiction by Roswitha Gerlitz In order to keep the formating of this piece, please click the link below to read it. ‘I am a London based visual artist, theatre/opera performance director, producer and writer navigating pathways between diverse practices. My artistic concepts, creative approach and aesthetic languages are informed
Short Fiction by Alice-Louise MacGillivrary
Short Fiction by Mark deMeza
Short Fiction by Lauren Miller
Short Fiction By Jess Sturman-Coombs
Short fiction on the nature of death by Oliver Buck – Selected by students at Treasure House School
Short Fiction By Matthew Bates – Runner-up of The Booker Prize at Birkbeck Creative Writing Competition
Short Fiction By M Pope-Weidemann – Runner-up of The Booker Prize at Birkbeck Creative Writing Competition
Short Fiction by Richard Roper – Winner of The Booker Prize at Birkbeck Creative Writing Competition
Short fiction by Rufus Harman, selected by students at Treasure House School as part of the MIROnline Youth Takeover.
Short fiction by Arielle Lentin, selected by students at Treasure House School as part of the MIROnline Youth Takeover.
Short Fiction by Gilli Fryzer – Winner of The Mechanics’ Summer Folk Tale Festival
Short Fiction by Micaela Maftei and Laura Tansley
Experimental Short Fiction by Melissa Wan
Experimental Short Fiction by Nick Trench
Short Fiction by Gerard McKeown
Katie Baldock spoke to Rebecca Rouillard about writing after winning Mslexia’s 2017 Novel Competition.
Short Fiction by Alison Theresa Gibson
Opening sequences from an evolving narrative by Paul Green
Short Fiction by Melaina Barnes. The Head of the End of the World was shortlisted for MIR15.
Short Fiction by Helen Cryer. Pitmatic was shortlisted for MIR15.
Short Fiction by Elizabeth Kay. Llyn Dwfn was shortlisted for MIR15.
Short Fiction by Eleanor Capaldi. Pencilled In was shortlisted for MIR15.
Short Fiction by Alex Clark Coming to Town was shortlisted for The Mechanics’ Institute Review Issue 15
Flash Fiction by Tim Cooke. Kestrels and Crows was shortlisted for The Mechanics’ Institute Review Issue 15
Zoe Gilbert discusses the power of traditional story telling and her new novel “Folk” with Lauren Miller
Sian Hughes spoke to: Editorial Director, Debbie Taylor; Assistant Editor, Francoise Harvey; and Advertising & Digital Marketing Associate, Laura Steven – to hear their thoughts about creativity, writing, editing, and people that are difficult to work with…
Short fiction by Simon Holloway
Short Fiction by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Short fiction by Nara Vidal, first published in A Loucura Dos Outros (The Madness Of Others) in Brazil.
An Extract from JJ Bola’s debut novel No Place to Call Home which will be published by OWN IT! on June 22nd.
Short Fiction by Laurence Barratt-Manning
Leila Segal shares a story from her debut collection; Breathe: Stories from Cuba (flipped eye, 2016). Leila also talks to Melanie Jones about her writing, Cuba, and small publishers in this interview. You can buy a copy of Breathe here. Leila will be reading at MIRLive on January 30th and copies of Breathe
Short fiction by Maggie Womersley. This story was originally published in The Mechanics’ Institute Review: Issue 10. The Mechanics’ Institute Review is an annual collection of fiction now open for submissions to all UK authors. While submissions are open, we will be posting some of favourite work from past collections. Creative Writing was selected by
An extract from In The Name Of Love by Louise Lee. This extract was originally published in The Mechanics’ Institute Review: Issue 12. The Mechanics’ Institute Review is an annual collection of fiction now open for submissions to all UK authors. While submissions are open, we will be posting some of favourite
Short Fiction by Cassandra Passarelli
Stephen Morrison-Burke shares High Dust and Donkeys, an extract from his novel in progress. He also talks to Alison Hitchock about winning the Kit De Waal Scholarship and his plans for the future
Short Fiction by Valerie O’Riordan.
Short Fiction by Danielle Bainbridge
Short Fiction by Kavita A. Jindal. This story appears in the anthology ‘Love Across A Broken Map‘ which is available from Dahlia Publishing and features stories from the The Whole Kahani collective. The collective will be appearing at The Manchester Literature Festival in October.
AKRAM’S WAR by Nadim Safdar is published by Atlantic Books and available here. Nadim shares his first chapter with us and discusses writing on the Birkbeck Blog.
Elizabeth Fremantle shares an extract from her novel The Girl in the Glass Tower. The novel came out on June 2nd and is available here. Elizabeth talks about writing on the Birkbeck Blog.
Karin Salvalaggio shares an extract from her novel Walleye Junction. The novel, which came out on May 10th, continues her Macy Greeley Mysteries series. Karin talks about writing on the Birkbeck Blog.
The Otherlife by Julia Gray comes out on July 7th with Anderson Press. Julia shares the first chapter of the novel with us and discusses her writing process on the Birkbeck Blog.
David Savill’s novel They Are Trying To Break Your Heart came out last month with Bloomsbury Publishing and is available here. David shares an extract with us and talks about the novel and his writing process on the Birkbeck blog.
Sarah Alexander’s debut novel, The Art of Not Breathing was released on April 1st and is available to purchase here. She shares her first chapter with us as part of our published alumni series. Sarah talks about the novel and her writing experiences in interview which you can read on the Birkbeck Website.
An extract from Chapter One of We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant, out on 28th April with Myriad Editions.
Short fiction by Federica Lugaresi, shortlisted for the 2015 Fish Publishing Short Story Prize.
A short story from Toby Litt’s new book, Life-Like, published by Seagull Books.
A short story by James Mitchell, first published in MIR11.
A short story by Jacquelyn Shreeves-Lee, first published in MIR11.
A short story by Rebecca Rouillard, first published in MIR11. Rebecca’s story ‘The Window’ is featured in MIR12.
A short story by Dave Wakely, first published in MIR11. Dave’s stories have appeared in MIR10, MIR11 and MIR12.
An excerpt from Emily Bullock’s debut novel The Longest Fight, an exploration of love and family loyalty set in the gritty, ambitious world of boxing in 1950s London.
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