Dr Kevan Manwaring
@bardicacademic.bsky.social
Prize-winning author, speaker, & lecturer. Course Leader (MA Creative Writing, Arts University Bournemouth). Research: Fantasy and Ecocriticism. Editor of the BFS Journal. #BBC #Routledge #Palgrave #TheBritishLibrary #TheHistoryPress #LittleToller
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Call for Submissions
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
So, that's 4 books launched this Autumn.
Only 2 more that I have been working on to come out before Xmas! The MA Creative Writing course anthology (19th Dec) and The British Fantasy Society Journal (20th Dec), then perhaps I could put my feet up for a bit.
#fiction #poetry #folktales #nonfiction
Only 2 more that I have been working on to come out before Xmas! The MA Creative Writing course anthology (19th Dec) and The British Fantasy Society Journal (20th Dec), then perhaps I could put my feet up for a bit.
#fiction #poetry #folktales #nonfiction
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So, that's 4 books launched this Autumn.
Only 2 more that I have been working on to come out before Xmas! The MA Creative Writing course anthology (19th Dec) and The British Fantasy Society Journal (20th Dec), then perhaps I could put my feet up for a bit.
#fiction #poetry #folktales #nonfiction
Only 2 more that I have been working on to come out before Xmas! The MA Creative Writing course anthology (19th Dec) and The British Fantasy Society Journal (20th Dec), then perhaps I could put my feet up for a bit.
#fiction #poetry #folktales #nonfiction
4 books. My literary harvest this autumn. A Fantasy novel, a poetry collection, an academic monograph, and an anthology.
And I still don't feel I am 'doing enough'!
And I still don't feel I am 'doing enough'!
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
4 books. My literary harvest this autumn. A Fantasy novel, a poetry collection, an academic monograph, and an anthology.
And I still don't feel I am 'doing enough'!
And I still don't feel I am 'doing enough'!
Getting my Von on. On the day Guillermo del Toro's much anticipated 'Frankenstein' is premiered it seemed apt to share this. Performing my commission 'Mary Shelley Unbound' in St Peter's Bournemouth (where she's buried alongside her husband's heart) on her birthday #frankenstein #gothic #maryshelley
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Getting my Von on. On the day Guillermo del Toro's much anticipated 'Frankenstein' is premiered it seemed apt to share this. Performing my commission 'Mary Shelley Unbound' in St Peter's Bournemouth (where she's buried alongside her husband's heart) on her birthday #frankenstein #gothic #maryshelley
‘THRUTOPIA: Why Neither Dystopias Nor Utopias Are Enough To Get Us Through The Climate Crisis, And How A ‘Thrutopia’ Could Be’ Rupert Read, Huffington Post 2017: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../thrutopi....
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
‘THRUTOPIA: Why Neither Dystopias Nor Utopias Are Enough To Get Us Through The Climate Crisis, And How A ‘Thrutopia’ Could Be’ Rupert Read, Huffington Post 2017: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../thrutopi....
Conditions of Entry:
· The subject title of your email: SUBMISSION: GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY
· The file name should be as follows: SURNAME_INITIAL_TITLE_GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY_DATE
· Deadline for submissions: 30th April 2026.
Send to: kevanmanwaring[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
· The subject title of your email: SUBMISSION: GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY
· The file name should be as follows: SURNAME_INITIAL_TITLE_GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY_DATE
· Deadline for submissions: 30th April 2026.
Send to: kevanmanwaring[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Conditions of Entry:
· The subject title of your email: SUBMISSION: GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY
· The file name should be as follows: SURNAME_INITIAL_TITLE_GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY_DATE
· Deadline for submissions: 30th April 2026.
Send to: kevanmanwaring[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
· The subject title of your email: SUBMISSION: GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY
· The file name should be as follows: SURNAME_INITIAL_TITLE_GOLDENDARK ANTHOLOGY_DATE
· Deadline for submissions: 30th April 2026.
Send to: kevanmanwaring[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
Goldendark criteria:
*Chiaroscuro.
*An interrogative sense of realism.
*Embracing the difficulty of representation.
*Slaying the monomyth.
*Immanence.
*Ambiguity.
*The re-enchantment of language.
*Redemptive causality
(Manwaring, 2018)
FFI see the blog on our website: www.goldendark.co.uk
*Chiaroscuro.
*An interrogative sense of realism.
*Embracing the difficulty of representation.
*Slaying the monomyth.
*Immanence.
*Ambiguity.
*The re-enchantment of language.
*Redemptive causality
(Manwaring, 2018)
FFI see the blog on our website: www.goldendark.co.uk
www.goldendark.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Goldendark criteria:
*Chiaroscuro.
*An interrogative sense of realism.
*Embracing the difficulty of representation.
*Slaying the monomyth.
*Immanence.
*Ambiguity.
*The re-enchantment of language.
*Redemptive causality
(Manwaring, 2018)
FFI see the blog on our website: www.goldendark.co.uk
*Chiaroscuro.
*An interrogative sense of realism.
*Embracing the difficulty of representation.
*Slaying the monomyth.
*Immanence.
*Ambiguity.
*The re-enchantment of language.
*Redemptive causality
(Manwaring, 2018)
FFI see the blog on our website: www.goldendark.co.uk
These can be tales of speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, weird, or even horror – as long as there is a glimmer of hope at the end of it all (what we call ‘Goldendark’).
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
These can be tales of speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, weird, or even horror – as long as there is a glimmer of hope at the end of it all (what we call ‘Goldendark’).
Goldendark is looking for astounding short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction. So, not bland utopias or predictable dystopias, but stories that offer a ‘way through’ the multiple challenges we face (what has been called the ‘Age of Polycrisis’).
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Goldendark is looking for astounding short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction. So, not bland utopias or predictable dystopias, but stories that offer a ‘way through’ the multiple challenges we face (what has been called the ‘Age of Polycrisis’).
Call for Submissions
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Call for Submissions
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
Goldendark is looking for short fiction for the forthcoming anthology of thrutopian fiction.
· No more than 2000 words in length.
· Original, unpublished short fiction with a tangible ‘thrutopian’ &/or Goldendark flavour.
· Deadline: 30 April 2026
FFI: www.goldendark.co.uk
Polish your battle-axes and fill your tankards with foaming ale and join us to celebrate the launch of The British Fantasy Society Journal Winter issue, which explores the theme of War in Fantasy.
Taking place on 20th December 8pm (GMT).
Register FREE here:
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Taking place on 20th December 8pm (GMT).
Register FREE here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfs-journa...
BFS Journal Winter issue launch celebration
Join us for a cosy online party to celebrate the release of the BFS Journal Winter issue - let's toast to great writing and creativity!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Polish your battle-axes and fill your tankards with foaming ale and join us to celebrate the launch of The British Fantasy Society Journal Winter issue, which explores the theme of War in Fantasy.
Taking place on 20th December 8pm (GMT).
Register FREE here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfs-journa...
Taking place on 20th December 8pm (GMT).
Register FREE here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfs-journa...
I have been beavering away on the Winter issue of the British Fantasy Society Journal, which I'm the editor of. It is a special issue on 'War in Fantasy' with a fantastic array of international scholariship. It will be launched on 20th December with an online launch showcase. Details tbc.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I have been beavering away on the Winter issue of the British Fantasy Society Journal, which I'm the editor of. It is a special issue on 'War in Fantasy' with a fantastic array of international scholariship. It will be launched on 20th December with an online launch showcase. Details tbc.
Buy a copy: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Thunder Road
On a disastrous bike trip around Europe, rocking drifter Eddie Redcrow, a 27-year-old Metis with First Nations and Icelandic blood from Gimli, Manitoba, gives a lift to a powerful, mysterious woman, F...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Book launch!
A mad dog #POTUS47 exploits a nuclear winter created by the eruption of a supervolcano to invade and seize vital assets. He enlists monstrous allies. His shocktroops battle with rebel insurgents.
#fiction #fantasy #vikings #bikers #norsemythology #climatecrisis #ragnarok #thrutopia
A mad dog #POTUS47 exploits a nuclear winter created by the eruption of a supervolcano to invade and seize vital assets. He enlists monstrous allies. His shocktroops battle with rebel insurgents.
#fiction #fantasy #vikings #bikers #norsemythology #climatecrisis #ragnarok #thrutopia
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Book launch!
A mad dog #POTUS47 exploits a nuclear winter created by the eruption of a supervolcano to invade and seize vital assets. He enlists monstrous allies. His shocktroops battle with rebel insurgents.
#fiction #fantasy #vikings #bikers #norsemythology #climatecrisis #ragnarok #thrutopia
A mad dog #POTUS47 exploits a nuclear winter created by the eruption of a supervolcano to invade and seize vital assets. He enlists monstrous allies. His shocktroops battle with rebel insurgents.
#fiction #fantasy #vikings #bikers #norsemythology #climatecrisis #ragnarok #thrutopia
Call for Submissions: Race in Fantasy - for the BFS Journal (Summer 2026). Send the Abstract (200 words) with a bio to the Editor by 20th March. Completed articles will be due in by 1st May. Send to: bfsjournal@britishfantasysociety.org
Image: The Green Knight (2021)
#abstract #CFP #fantasy #race
Image: The Green Knight (2021)
#abstract #CFP #fantasy #race
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I now have 2 books from Routledge: one as the sole author, and one as contributor.
#reaearch #writing #publishing #REF
#reaearch #writing #publishing #REF
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I now have 2 books from Routledge: one as the sole author, and one as contributor.
#reaearch #writing #publishing #REF
#reaearch #writing #publishing #REF
To celebrate the launch of my new book on The Nature of Fantasy I am giving a talk tomorrow (Tuesday 21st October) on campus at Arts University Bournemouth. Free to register and attend. Refreshments available. Register FREE.
#booklaunch #fantasy #publishing
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#booklaunch #fantasy #publishing
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The Nature of Fantasy
Book Launch & Talk by Dr Kevan Manwaring (Programme Leader, MA Creative Writing)
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October 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To celebrate the launch of my new book on The Nature of Fantasy I am giving a talk tomorrow (Tuesday 21st October) on campus at Arts University Bournemouth. Free to register and attend. Refreshments available. Register FREE.
#booklaunch #fantasy #publishing
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature...
#booklaunch #fantasy #publishing
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My Mast Year. Books out this Autumn.
#writing #writingcommunity #publishing #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #folktales #fantasy #ecology
#writing #writingcommunity #publishing #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #folktales #fantasy #ecology
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My Mast Year. Books out this Autumn.
#writing #writingcommunity #publishing #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #folktales #fantasy #ecology
#writing #writingcommunity #publishing #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #folktales #fantasy #ecology
My latest book, 'English Folk Tales volume II' is out today in hardback from The History Press. I have a couple of stories in it. Doesn't it look nice?
#books #writing #publishing #storytelling #folktales
#books #writing #publishing #storytelling #folktales
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My latest book, 'English Folk Tales volume II' is out today in hardback from The History Press. I have a couple of stories in it. Doesn't it look nice?
#books #writing #publishing #storytelling #folktales
#books #writing #publishing #storytelling #folktales
The only obscene thing here is the act of censorship itself, intellectually kneecapping a generation. Welcome to the Age of Stupid, aka Trump's Moronocene.
October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The only obscene thing here is the act of censorship itself, intellectually kneecapping a generation. Welcome to the Age of Stupid, aka Trump's Moronocene.
Out on 29th October from bookstores.
#fantasy #fiction #vikings #bikers #ragnarok #climatecrisis #thrutopia
#fantasy #fiction #vikings #bikers #ragnarok #climatecrisis #thrutopia
October 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Out on 29th October from bookstores.
#fantasy #fiction #vikings #bikers #ragnarok #climatecrisis #thrutopia
#fantasy #fiction #vikings #bikers #ragnarok #climatecrisis #thrutopia
A talk about my new non-fiction book, The Nature of Fantasy. Hope you can come along to the talk I am giving on it at Arts University Bournemouth. Open and free to all.
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The Nature of Fantasy
Book Launch & Talk by Dr Kevan Manwaring (Programme Leader, MA Creative Writing)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A talk about my new non-fiction book, The Nature of Fantasy. Hope you can come along to the talk I am giving on it at Arts University Bournemouth. Open and free to all.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature...
I have 4 books coming out this autumn from different publishers (Routledge; The History Press; Goldendark), 5 if you include the Journal I edit for The British Fantasy Society (special issue on 'War in Fantasy' due out in Dec). #writer #publishing #writingcommunity #fantasy #ecology #poetry #fiction
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have 4 books coming out this autumn from different publishers (Routledge; The History Press; Goldendark), 5 if you include the Journal I edit for The British Fantasy Society (special issue on 'War in Fantasy' due out in Dec). #writer #publishing #writingcommunity #fantasy #ecology #poetry #fiction
Published on Monday 22nd September with a special launch showcase featuring poets and musicians. My new poetry collection, Erth Praze, celebrates the natural world and our place within it.
#poetry #nature #ecology #environment #landscape
#poetry #nature #ecology #environment #landscape
September 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Published on Monday 22nd September with a special launch showcase featuring poets and musicians. My new poetry collection, Erth Praze, celebrates the natural world and our place within it.
#poetry #nature #ecology #environment #landscape
#poetry #nature #ecology #environment #landscape
Published 23rd September! The culmination of lots and lots of hard work, and a lifetime of reading and writing Fantasy. It is good to see it finally in the light of day. Free Open Lecture on 21st October at Arts University Bournemouth about the themes of the book.
Register here: lnkd.in/e8WmyBZs
Register here: lnkd.in/e8WmyBZs
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Published 23rd September! The culmination of lots and lots of hard work, and a lifetime of reading and writing Fantasy. It is good to see it finally in the light of day. Free Open Lecture on 21st October at Arts University Bournemouth about the themes of the book.
Register here: lnkd.in/e8WmyBZs
Register here: lnkd.in/e8WmyBZs
My book on The Nature of Fantasy is launched today!
Lots and lots of hard work. A lifetime of reading and writing Fantsy. Good for it to see the light of day.
#fantasy #academic #research #bookopening #publication #routledge #ecology #nature
Lots and lots of hard work. A lifetime of reading and writing Fantsy. Good for it to see the light of day.
#fantasy #academic #research #bookopening #publication #routledge #ecology #nature
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
My book on The Nature of Fantasy is launched today!
Lots and lots of hard work. A lifetime of reading and writing Fantsy. Good for it to see the light of day.
#fantasy #academic #research #bookopening #publication #routledge #ecology #nature
Lots and lots of hard work. A lifetime of reading and writing Fantsy. Good for it to see the light of day.
#fantasy #academic #research #bookopening #publication #routledge #ecology #nature