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Fiction Writer’s Network April News
Despite the Easter break, we’ve still got a lot happening this month in FiN! First off, Dr Julia Clayton has made the shortlist for the Observer / Anthony Burgess Arts Writing Prize 2026 (with a reception / ceremony in London on 13th May) with a review of the 150th Anniversary ‘Salon Hang’ exhibition at the…
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Member’s March News
After the fantastic event at EHU Arts Centre on Tuesday 17th with Tessa Hadley, Ailsa Cox, Carys Bray and Julia Clayton, we have some more great news. Andrea Ashworth’s (AJ Ashworth) second collection Maybe the Birds was longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Awards longlist last month. The prize has been running since 1970 and seeks…
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Fiction Writer’s Network Updates
There has been a lot happening in FiN over the past few months. Alongside the book launch of AJ Ashworth’s marvellous collection, Maybe The Birds, we have had two new members join the network. Dr Joanne Reardon, novelist and academic at The Open University (About Jo – Jo Reardon), and Dr Naomi Kruger, short story…
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The New Academic Year for FiN
As we look forward to the new first years starting induction week on Monday 29th September, we also look forward to an exciting year for the Fiction Writer’s Network. We have a new member starting, Dr Joanne Reardon, who we are very much looking forward to welcoming, and we have our first event of the…
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End of Academic Year round up!
With the teaching over for another (academic) year, we’ve got time to take a breather and look at what is coming up for the Fiction Writer’s Network in the next few months. Ailsa Cox’s story ‘Poltergeist’, which the network workshopped earlier in the year, will be published in the next issue of the Manchester Review,…
