THE BENEFACTORS, Sceptre, June '25, DANCE MOVE Stinging Fly/Picador/The Tangerine Press, SWEET HOME, Stinging Fly/Picador, WELL I JUST KIND OF, Paper Visual Art
So psyched to say that my collection Dance Move is on every night next week at 10.45pm on BBC Radio 4 - the old book at bedtime - starting with Mrs Dallesandro. You can get all the episodes on
@BBCSounds
. Lots of thanks to
@roisingni
,
@ThatMShannon
It's a good day when you get to share a story by
@WednesdayErskin
- here's ‘Gloria and Max’, the latest story in our online fiction series. And by way of NEWS, Wendy is working on a new collection, which we'll publish early next year. Whoop!
When Sweet Home came out I spent my money on a) a Vampire’s Wife dress and b) a 20 minute free bar at the launch and I have never regretted either of those things
Some lovely news to share today as
@WednesdayErskin
is announced winner of the 2020 Butler Literary Award from the Irish American Cultural Institute. Congratulations, Wendy!
Hey short story lovers. I am DELIGHTED to be on the Edge Hill Prize shortlist with these tremendous writers. Many many thanks
@stingingfly
@EHUShortStory
Proofs of DANCE MOVE, the latest collection of short stories from
@WednesdayErskin
, are here!
These new stories are filled with Wendy's brilliant dark humour, unflinching dialogue & a host of new characters you need to meet (Roberta from 'Mathematics'. . 😭🖤)
DM for details!
So excited that
@stingingfly
and
@picadorbooks
will once again get to publish the brilliant
@WednesdayErskin
for her new collection of short stories out next year – following the absolute smash hit that was Sweet Home.
📣 We are delighted to announce 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗘𝗿𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗲 (
@WednesdayErskin
) as Dublin Art Book Fair's guest curator, 2023.🎉 This year's theme is 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 🎶
Read more about this year's theme and the open call for artists' books:
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Been bursting to share this all summer! We formally invite you to an intimate evening of conversation w JARVIS COCKER, 21 Sept, 8pm at The Whitla Hall. He'll be chatting to Wendy Erskine about GOOD POP, BAD POP his excellent new book. Tickets from
Well, I adored this. Wendy Erskine’s writing is inimitable - so fresh and alive, it makes so much contemporary fiction feel flat, phoney in comparison. The Benefactors brims with humanity. All of Belfast is here, all of life. Out next June
@SceptreBooks
@WednesdayErskin
So many great books were on the longlist. It’s really lovely to make the shortlist. Thank you! Especially pleased to be alongside the wonderful
@beingvarious
. We go way back.
@stingingfly
@picadorbooks
The shortlist for the 2022 Edge Hill Prize is here. Congratulations to Iphgenia Baal, Lucy Caldwell, Wendy Erskine, Vanessa Onwuemezi and Saba Sams! Thank you to everyone who entered and to all our longlistees for keeping the short story alive.
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So proud to have an Arabic translation of Sweet Home. Just love the illustrations for each story, particularly this Kim Cassells. Beautiful badass! Massive thanks to
@AlArabipd
, translator Nihal Alaa Nour and
@Lit_Ireland
صدر حديثًا عن العربي للنشر والتوزيع المجموعة القصصية "بيت من زجاج" من تأليف الكاتبة الأيرلندية ويندي إيرسكن وترجمة نهال نور. في هذه المجموعة القصصية كل أنواع الشخصيات العادية والغريبة في أيرلندا.
#كتب_مختلفة #اصدارات_العربي
hey! I’m the guest curator this year of the Dublin Art Book Fair and it’s been such a thrill to put together the programme. Come along next Thursday evening - it’s free! - and we’ll talk about the polyphonic and some wonderful books
There are few writers more important to me than Gordon Burn. And over the years so many books up for this prize have become my favourites. To be on this list is, well, this is actually quite an emotional day. Thank you
@stingingfly
You happen to be in Edinburgh this Friday, I wonder? I’m at Northside Theatre, 4.15 pm, talking to the wonderful
@chris_power
, doing my short story thing, wearing this dress. Should be deeply edifying/a laugh
Hiya. Paperback’s out. Got 20. Please give a few quid to this suicide prevention charity & I will send you a copy: pristine or dirtied up. See pic. DM me your requirements. Thanks to Kevin Barry and
@DavidNWriter
for lovely quotes.
Today
@picadorbooks
publish Sweet Home. That’s a wonderful thing to happen. Grateful thanks to these brilliant women:
@ansa_khan
and
@alicemaydewing
and
@agent_luck
. Ok let’s have some non-alco cava and a bit of Battenberg cake.
Would like to listen to a ‘How To Fail’ podcast. Could anyone direct me to one that involves an individual who, subsequent to ‘failure’, has not proceeded to experience ‘success’? Failure followed by failure is what I’m looking for. Helps if they are a good laugh/ not a dick.
In 1981, over 100 people lost their lives in the conflict in NI. In 1981, 12 people took part in the NI final of the world freestyle disco comp. I wrote about it.
@thesociallondon
illustration
@BabakGanjei
Congratulations to everyone - writers, translators, publishers on the shortlist
@PrizeRofc
. So thrilled to be there. So proud to be published by
@stingingfly
Very happy to feature the mighty Alice Maher's work on another of our book covers. And this image, Vox Hybrida 3, is the perfect fit for
@WednesdayErskin
's brilliant new collection. Cover design is by
@roryjeffers
. DANCE MOVE launches next month...
We are partnering with
@IrishPrisons
to bring
@CultureNight
to 13 Irish prisons.
Through our
#ReadM
ór initiative, we will gift books from some of Ireland’s most beloved writers to prisoners and host a number of special author events on Fri 20 Sep.
More:
Thanks to the wonderful Wendy Erskine for coming by and brightening our day! Signed copies of ‘Dance Move’, her latest sublime collection for short stories, are now in store!
I am so happy to be one of the judges for the
@TheLondonMag
short story competition. See below for my short story wisdom. For other aspects of life, please - I beg you -consult someone else.
don’t want to labour this, but actually I do. April 2016: no masters in creative writing, no competition wins, nothing at all ever published. Nov 2018: a thing which is one of Jon McGregor’s books of the year in The New Statesman. How? The Stinging Fly.
TFW you're on a little bit of a high after celebrating 20 years of publishing in Ireland and next day a book on the history of Irish book publishing is launched that apparently contains no mention of The Stinging Fly magazine or press. (Don't go getting ahead of yourself, kid!)
The Irish author Wendy Erskine on the short story she loves and thinks you will, too – The New Villa by Anton Chekov
Watch it and the rest of our Writers' Picks library here:
@WednesdayErskin
#shortstories
#writerspicks
Thoughts are with Brian's family and pals. What he achieved with
@thecommonbreath
showed his energy, discernment and sheer love of writing. Every message or email I ever got from him left me feeling better about the world.
Rough Trade Edition x Museum of Witchcraft and Magic MWM2 - Satan is Real: Two Short Stories by Wendy Erskine & Stephanie von Reiswitz. Pre-order now...👉
This is me, in front of a door in my HOME, asking you to come to the American Bar on 7 September for the launch of my short story collection. Bit dour here, but I’ll be all smiles on the night. Cos there’s Music. Nice drinks. Bit of reading. Laughs. It’ll be SWEET.
Each day this week I present
#lemnlights
, a dedicated post to someone I respect & admire, someone who makes a difference outside their chosen field of work, by doing more, by saying more, by actions and words. Today I present, Belfast resident & No Alibis owner, David Torrans
It absolutely drives me bananas the way they teach writing in middle schools. Formulas and taking off points for imaginary errors. Way to murder young people’s imaginations and love of language, damn.
Mathematics is probs one of my faves that I've done. It's up for Story of the Year, An Post Irish Book Awards. But there's 5 other brill stories. It's a public vote but why not read them all at and make your own choice? Vote here.
LOVELY! Gotta point out, story collection then novel may be the norm for the bigs, but
@picadorbooks
are publishing my second collection. May well be a surprise to you cos I’ve been keeping it way on the down low
A really special thing this. A beautiful, handmade edition from
@TangerinePress
of Dance Move, with a lovely
@pAULvANrEID
illustration. Made with such care. Limited edition
#ShortStory
inspiration from judge
@WednesdayErskin
:
“Don’t be too hard on yourself…you are going to write your own way. When you sit down to work on your story anyone else is irrelevant. It’s you, your worlds, your characters…”
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#CreativeWriting
Clearly I’ve now achieved world domination and acquired immense riches but I’d never had a single thing published until something appeared In the Stinging Fly. Forever grateful x And now the archives are open.
Cosa contengono i dieci racconti che compongono la raccolta “Dolce casa” (
@AtlantideEd
) di Wendy Erskine? Scopriamolo insieme in questo approfondimento: