Author: A. J. Ashworth

I’m thrilled to announce that Maybe the Birds has been longlisted in the British Science Fiction Association Awards for best collection.

Many thanks to my publisher Gold SF (and Goldsmiths Press) for nominating my book – and for having taken a chance on my collection in the first place. Congrats to all the other longlistees who can be found on the BSFA’s website here.

Good luck to all those in the other categories too, including Gold SF series editor Paul March-Russell. All the winners will be announced in April.

Thanks to all of those who have bought or reviewed the book so far – I’m really happy the collection seems to be resonating with so many of you. As a little bonus, Neil Warren has produced an audio version of me reading the title story, which I thought I would share with you all here, so please feel free to have a listen and share.

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My new short story collection Maybe the Birds has been launched – and what a lovely event it was. Dr Kim Wiltshire at Edge Hill University very kindly invited me to hold an event at the Arts Centre, and that happened last week on the 21st October.

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I’m delighted to say that my next short story collection – Maybe the Birds – is going to be published in 2025 by Gold SF, the feminist sci-fi/speculative fiction imprint at Goldsmiths Press.

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In September 2022, I interviewed American short story writer and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado for the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice.

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I’m very excited to say I’ve just interviewed the American novelist and short story writer Diane Cook for the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice.

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As part of my role as Associate Editor of the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, I interviewed American short story writer Carmen Maria Machado recently.

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Very happy to say my story ‘Birthday’ has now been published by Fictive Dream.

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Delighted to announce that Fictive Dream has accepted a new short story of mine and will publish it in late September.

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As well as writing, I’m now opening up to provide appraisal and mentoring services for fiction writers who might need it.

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