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Table Manners wins Best Short Story Collection at Saboteur Awards Susmita Bhattacharya’s debut short story collection, Table Manners has been named the winner of The Best Short Story Collection in...
View ArticleReading Short Stories by Amira Richards
Writing short stories can be hard and surprisingly reading them can require the same kind of effort. From a personal perspective, knowing what to look for, what works about a story and what doesn’t is...
View ArticleShort stories to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Exciting news! Short stories from two of our 2018 list are to feature on BBC Radio 4 Extra this year. Sweet Talk Productions have secured rights to broadcast stories from Table Manners by Susmita...
View ArticleWorking in small press publishing – a student’s perspective
Every year Dahlia Publishing hosts students from the University of Leicester for a 10 week placement. The scheme run by the university provides students with an opportunity to gain work experience in...
View ArticleLong read: in the midst of a revolution in Minneapolis by Kirstin Ruth Bratt
“May you live in interesting times.” Falsely attributed to Confucius by Sir Austen Chamberlain, 1936, maybe. This false attribution may be yet one more example of cultural misappropriation and...
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Successful funding bid for new short story programme
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been awarded funding from Arts Council England to run a new project aimed at short fiction writers. A Brief Pause is a professional development programme for 20...
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Dahlia Books shortlisted in British Book Awards
We’re thrilled to share the news that we’ve been shortlisted in the Small Press of the Year category at this year’s British Book Awards. Farhana Shaikh, managing editor of Dahlia Books said she was in...
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Working on Kezia and Rosie
Every year Dahlia Publishing hosts students from the University of Leicester for a 10 week placement. The scheme run by the university provides students with an opportunity to gain work experience in...
View ArticleLeicester Writes Short Story Prize Winner Announced
A local writer has won first prize in this year’s Leicester Writes Short Story Prize (18 August). Laura Coleman beat off more than 250 entrants to triumph in the competition. The winning story, A Form...
View ArticleAn interview with Abi Hynes
Every year Dahlia Books hosts students from the University of Leicester for a 10-week placement. Students are given tasks from a range of the different sectors within publishing to give them a...
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