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Colin Bancroft
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Poet. PhD on the Ecopoetics of Robert Frost. Waterfalls and fell walking. Wrestling fan.
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Join @manmetuni.bsky.social for a very special evening presented by Manchester Met for GoGlobal Week: Jason Allen-Paisant in conversation with Monique Roffey.

🎟️ Free tickets here
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Jason Allen-Paisant in conversation with Monique Roffey
Join us for a very special evening presented by Manchester Metropolitan University for GoGlobal Week.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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'Submissions for Issue 27 of The Manchester Review are now open. The submission window will be open from 24th Feb to 24th March 2025.

Please take a look at the submission guidelines on our website before you submit.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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We are open to submissions for a new anthology of writing inspired by the films of Laurel and Hardy. The anthology is entitled Pardon Me, My Ear is Full of Milk and will be edited by Aaron Kent (The Working Classic) and Simon Barraclough (Divine Hours).

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A minimalist illustration features two black bowler hats on a light gradient background. The hat on the left is upright and smaller, while the hat on the right is larger and tilted at an angle We are open to submissions for a new anthology of writing inspired by the films of Laurel and Hardy. The anthology is entitled Pardon Me, My Ear is Full of Milk and will be edited by Aaron Kent (The Working Classic) and Simon Barraclough (Divine Hours). It is tentatively scheduled for publication in late 2025. The anthology, inspired by the editors’ lifelong love of Laurel and Hardy films, will explore writers’ responses to, relationship with, and the inspiration drawn from the films (sound or silent) of these two immortal performers who straddled sensibilities on both sides of the Atlantic and reshaped cinema comedy and cinema history for all time. The anthology is open to anyone, from the most meticulous of film historians to casual viewers who grew up watching them on BBC 2 at Christmas. Maybe you have gotten blotto on a bottle of water you thought was hooch? Did you ever sneak to a convention and pretend that you ship-hiked home after floundering in a typhoid? Did you once own a dog named Laughing Gravy, sing of the lonesome pine in the Wild West or go hungry for three days—yesterday, today and tomorrow? Can you glimpse their shadows in the theatre of Samuel Beckett? Have they saved your life in times of depression? What do you make of their powerful wives and their antagonistic yet eternal fraternal love? There are so many layers to be explored and no, your work doesn’t have to be funny, but without humour “Life isn’t short enough” as Stan Laurel might say. Royalties will go the The Cinema Museum in London and, as ever, we are keen to hear from groups that are traditionally underrepresented, such as writers of colour, working class writers, or LGBTQ+ writers, and we aim to provide a diverse representation of perspectives and include a broad range of forms. Poems, flash fiction, and short stories are welcome, as are personal essays, creative non-fiction, and critical pieces.
March 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors Isabelle Baafi, Sohini Basak and Tim Tim Cheng are excited to invite submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.

What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?

More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
March 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM