David Gaffney
@ggaffa.bsky.social
Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
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🎥 📚 🕖 Tonight at book/record shop & public drinking rooms Ad England Impiety Hour (aka Peste), it’s the launch of essay collection The Carbon Arc, with four readers – David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle, Anne Worthington & David Savill – plus film clips, introduced by editor Richard Skinner. Free entry.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🎥 📚 🕖 Tonight at book/record shop & public drinking rooms Ad England Impiety Hour (aka Peste), it’s the launch of essay collection The Carbon Arc, with four readers – David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle, Anne Worthington & David Savill – plus film clips, introduced by editor Richard Skinner. Free entry.
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If you are in Manchester tonight this will be fantastic! Introduced and published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social
readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"
readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"
📢 Manchester folk! 📢
Next Wednesday is the launch of ‘The Carbon Arc’, a new collection of 16 commissioned essays on cinema published by Vanguard Editions. The launch will take place at the fabulous Impiety Hour bookshop. Free entry!
Books for sale on the night, pay bar, film clips. Join us!
Next Wednesday is the launch of ‘The Carbon Arc’, a new collection of 16 commissioned essays on cinema published by Vanguard Editions. The launch will take place at the fabulous Impiety Hour bookshop. Free entry!
Books for sale on the night, pay bar, film clips. Join us!
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If you are in Manchester tonight this will be fantastic! Introduced and published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social
readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"
readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"
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The Carbon Arc will launch in Manchester November 12th, published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social work by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Maria Fusco, Gareth Evans, Sam Mills et al. richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Carbon Arc will launch in Manchester November 12th, published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social work by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Maria Fusco, Gareth Evans, Sam Mills et al. richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...
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@smallpublishers.bsky.social Haul! I 'Flight Paths' by @ggaffa.bsky.social/@nightjarpress.bsky.social , NaoKo TakaHashi' & @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social 'Blabbermind' by Andrew Kotting, @susiecampbell.bsky.social & @guillemotpress.bsky.social ,SJ Fowler/ Sampson Low. Fantastic reading from all 🔥🔥🔥
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
@smallpublishers.bsky.social Haul! I 'Flight Paths' by @ggaffa.bsky.social/@nightjarpress.bsky.social , NaoKo TakaHashi' & @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social 'Blabbermind' by Andrew Kotting, @susiecampbell.bsky.social & @guillemotpress.bsky.social ,SJ Fowler/ Sampson Low. Fantastic reading from all 🔥🔥🔥
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Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Come to @smallpublishers.bsky.social today.
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Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nightjar publisher @nicholasroyle.bsky.social in conversation with Ma Bibliothèque publisher Sharon Kivland @smallpublishers.bsky.social photo by @emmabolland.bsky.social
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A new story by David Gaffney is always something to celebrate. Flight Paths, published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social, is one of his most intriguing – tautly edgy, deftly organised. nightjarpress.weebly.com/flight-paths.html
Flight Paths
Flight Paths David Gaffney Author bio Cover photograph: Nicholas Royle ISBN 978-1-917965-01-9 Publication date: June 2025
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August 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A new story by David Gaffney is always something to celebrate. Flight Paths, published by @nightjarpress.bsky.social, is one of his most intriguing – tautly edgy, deftly organised. nightjarpress.weebly.com/flight-paths.html
I'm off to watch Carlisle play Altrincham this afternoon -come on the blues! I hope they are good in rain - coming from cumbria they're probably well used to it....
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=uURN...
The Thyme Machine - Jimmy Glass
YouTube video by The Thyme Machine
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September 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm off to watch Carlisle play Altrincham this afternoon -come on the blues! I hope they are good in rain - coming from cumbria they're probably well used to it....
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uURN...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uURN...
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If your neighbourhood is infested with flags on lampposts, email your councillor and request that they be taken down. In some areas, they have done so; the more people who contact them, the better.
Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.
Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.
September 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If your neighbourhood is infested with flags on lampposts, email your councillor and request that they be taken down. In some areas, they have done so; the more people who contact them, the better.
Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.
Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.
My instagram has become videos only! I’ve looked at settings but cant seem to change it - anyone else had this or know how to fix it?
September 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
My instagram has become videos only! I’ve looked at settings but cant seem to change it - anyone else had this or know how to fix it?
I am on the crossing where Jean-Paul Belmondo dies after being shot in A Bout De Souffle by Jean Luc Godard - this appears in my essay on film locations in the new anthology The Carbon Arc - available now! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...
September 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am on the crossing where Jean-Paul Belmondo dies after being shot in A Bout De Souffle by Jean Luc Godard - this appears in my essay on film locations in the new anthology The Carbon Arc - available now! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...
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I’ve extended Salt’s summer sale — you can now get 20% off every book we publish until 31 August. Fiction, poetry, short stories: all of it.
👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS...
Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout.
A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚
#summerreading
👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS...
Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout.
A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚
#summerreading
August 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’ve extended Salt’s summer sale — you can now get 20% off every book we publish until 31 August. Fiction, poetry, short stories: all of it.
👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS...
Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout.
A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚
#summerreading
👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS...
Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout.
A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚
#summerreading
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I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling
nightjarpress.weebly.com
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August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling
nightjarpress.weebly.com
nightjarpress.weebly.com
I am teaching on this online short story course for Arvon in October - be great to see some of you there
A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits.
Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits.
Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Week: Short Fiction | Stories that pack a punch | Arvon
The magic of short fiction lies in its ability to hold a whole universe within its tantalisingly small landscape. Bringing a sense of play and curiosity to the page, this course will give you the chan...
www.arvon.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am teaching on this online short story course for Arvon in October - be great to see some of you there
A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits.
Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits.
Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Can't wait to read @anne-worthington.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social Maria Fusco et al. on Cinema! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car... 🔥🔥🔥
August 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Can't wait to read @anne-worthington.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social Maria Fusco et al. on Cinema! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car... 🔥🔥🔥
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Wanna watch me read a David Gaffney story that I illustrated and wrote music for?
The Garages
An excerpt from David Gaffney's book Concrete Fields, read by Dan Berry.Words by David GaffneyPictures and Music by Dan Berryhttps://www.saltpublishing.com/p...
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November 6, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Wanna watch me read a David Gaffney story that I illustrated and wrote music for?
I have a short piece in this journal which looks great - from my forthcoming collection Lakes of Titan
theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/
theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/
August 2025
FICTIONSam Roberts, ‘Father’s Bar’ and ‘France’Du Jie, ‘Belated’David Gaffney, ‘Escape’Clayton Paul, ‘What the Birds Wrote’Agnes Ch…
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August 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I have a short piece in this journal which looks great - from my forthcoming collection Lakes of Titan
theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/
theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/
I have a new story out on Nightjar press called Flight Paths. Get one here for only £3.00. I suggest buying mine along with Joe Stretch ‘s as they were both commissioned for Stockport Stories, and complement each other like an earthy wine with a ripe brie. nightjarpress.weebly.com?fbclid=IwQ0x...
Nightjar Press
Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.
nightjarpress.weebly.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I have a new story out on Nightjar press called Flight Paths. Get one here for only £3.00. I suggest buying mine along with Joe Stretch ‘s as they were both commissioned for Stockport Stories, and complement each other like an earthy wine with a ripe brie. nightjarpress.weebly.com?fbclid=IwQ0x...
I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3
Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
Nightjar Press
Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.
nightjarpress.weebly.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3
Just visited Gibberd house and garden in Harlow - Gibberd designed Harlow new town and Liverpool Catholic Cathedral - well worth a look
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Just visited Gibberd house and garden in Harlow - Gibberd designed Harlow new town and Liverpool Catholic Cathedral - well worth a look
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“In another sky my father was a security guard for a thermometer factory while studying for a Phd in Hauntology. Turn it upside down they would call to him across the floor, then shake it. Did your father become a practicing hauntologist? Sadly, he did not, despite it being his dream.”
I have some new short pieces published here - thanks to the wonderful people at Piccioletta Barca for selecting them. These are from my forthcoming collection Lakes Of Titan
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
La Piccioletta Barca | The Trip - by David Gaffney
Near the rewilded shopping centre a man called Frank Robinson was sitting on a small folding stool of the type ...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“In another sky my father was a security guard for a thermometer factory while studying for a Phd in Hauntology. Turn it upside down they would call to him across the floor, then shake it. Did your father become a practicing hauntologist? Sadly, he did not, despite it being his dream.”
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Catch @ggaffa.bsky.social and also @nightjarpress.bsky.social editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social (oh, and me) reading at Je ne sais Blah ll this Thursday evening at Cafe Blah, Withington Village, doors 7pm, free entry.
Excited about my new short story out soon on Nightjar!
Not yet on the website, but going out to subscribers.
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Catch @ggaffa.bsky.social and also @nightjarpress.bsky.social editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social (oh, and me) reading at Je ne sais Blah ll this Thursday evening at Cafe Blah, Withington Village, doors 7pm, free entry.
I have some new short pieces published here - thanks to the wonderful people at Piccioletta Barca for selecting them. These are from my forthcoming collection Lakes Of Titan
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
La Piccioletta Barca | The Trip - by David Gaffney
Near the rewilded shopping centre a man called Frank Robinson was sitting on a small folding stool of the type ...
www.picciolettabarca.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have some new short pieces published here - thanks to the wonderful people at Piccioletta Barca for selecting them. These are from my forthcoming collection Lakes Of Titan
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip
Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington
What's happened to #nighttracks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social it used to be experimental and interesting - but now? What? Garden centre relaxation music? Radio 3 can be risk taking! No need for this...
July 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What's happened to #nighttracks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social it used to be experimental and interesting - but now? What? Garden centre relaxation music? Radio 3 can be risk taking! No need for this...
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Day made! New Nightjars have arrived: by @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @bookishleels.bsky.social, @ggaffa.bsky.social and Joe Stretch @nightjarpress.bsky.social #shortstories
July 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Day made! New Nightjars have arrived: by @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @bookishleels.bsky.social, @ggaffa.bsky.social and Joe Stretch @nightjarpress.bsky.social #shortstories