Comma Press has been publishing Palestinian short stories since 2008. Comma’s connection to Palestinian literature deepened however in 2014 when, shortly after bringing out the anthology, The Book of Gaza, all the writers we’d worked with on that book were subjected to 51 days of carpet bombing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-27 14:32:12 UTC ]
Comma Press is to publish The Cuckoo Cage, the latest anthology in its History-into-Fiction series, featuring stories by British authors including Courttia Newland, Luan Goldie and Irfan Master. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 11:00:43 UTC ]
Comma Press' virtual conference, Manchester in Translation, is to return next month, offering skills and advice to aspiring translators in the north of England and beyond. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 19:14:48 UTC ]
Comma Press is launching the second iteration of the Northern Fiction Alliance mentorship scheme, which pairs early-career publishers at northern independent presses with experienced publishing professionals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-14 09:01:51 UTC ]
Comma Press and Manchester Metropolitan University have revealed plans for the Publishing Conference 2021, a two-day online event taking place next month “to make the industry more transparent” for aspiring and early-career publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-10 18:22:56 UTC ]
Housmans Bookshop is to release a free playback of two online events featuring actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake reading stories published by Comma Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 18:18:14 UTC ]
Comma Press will publish The American Way: Stories of Invasion in May 2021, the first title in its History-into-Fiction series to step outside of British history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 23:34:53 UTC ]
Interviews Yasmine Seale is a writer and literary translator living in Istanbul. Her essays, poetry, visual art, and translations from Arabic and French have appeared widely, including in Harper’s, Apollo, Poetry Review, and the Times Literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-08-31 13:39:09 UTC ]
Author of the Oscar-nominated film “45 Years” David Constantine has signed a deal for a collection of short stories, The Dressing-up Box, with Comma Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actors Jeremy Irons, Maxine Peake, Zoë Wanamaker and Christopher Eccleston have joined a campaign, organised by Comma Press, calling for an end to the British policy of immigration detention. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Manchester-based independent Comma Press has appointed actor Maxine Peake and writer Courttia Newland as its inaugural patrons. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comma Press is publishing the first full title in English by popular Chinese author Diao Dou, translated by Brendan O’Kane. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comma Press is publishing In Another Country: Selected Stories and The Life-Writer by David Constantine to coincide with the release of the film “45 Years”, which is based on Constantine’s short story of the same name. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]