Comma Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Book of Venice: A City in Short Fiction
Gianfranco BettinWhether you've had the opportunity to travel this summer or not, transport yourself to an 'impossibly beautiful' frozen-in-time city with The Book of Venice, edited by Orsola Casagrande 🚤 https://t.co/shMQjZNqvl https://t.co/uYB5InpfNG
Paperback, 2021
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Exterior Painting
F. MaireOn this day in 1965 #MalcolmX visited Marshall Street in Smethwick to meet local activists including Avtar Jouhl. Read about this meeting in the short story 'Exterior Paint' by @KitdeWaal and Avtar’s own memories of it in Protest: https://t.co/BHcK9qSSus https://t.co/VOsIOP4SqP
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$17.06 + Free shipping10% off
Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Rania MamounSo many excellent recommendations from @arablit, including our collection from Rania Mamoun 'Thirteen Months of Sunrise'! 🌄https://t.co/Di2yCB46VO #WITMonth #WomeninTranslation https://t.co/QF3ZNr9NdR
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The Book of Barcelona: A City in Short Fiction
Jordi Punti#TheAmericanWay is stateside … We are over in New Jersey for the @santjordiusa festival 🔔🔔with events around The Book of Barcelona, the role of radical independents and TheAmerican Way, tonight and tomorrow https://t.co/67GJaSinPu
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Safely Gathered in
Sarah Schofield"We all tell stories, don’t we?... We thread the beads of our daily lives together in ways that make sense" 📖 @SylphSea interviews @saraheschofield for @3ammagazine on stories, details, emotional truth and her debut collection SAFELY GATHERED IN: https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/safely-gathered-in-an-interview-with-sarah-schofield/
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$18.00 + Free shipping5% off
Bright Red: The Liverpool-Manchester United Matches
Mark MetcalfRemembering #BloodyFriday: The World War was over, but Glasgow was far from peace. #DonnyORourke short story 'Bright Red' is inspired by the class struggle at The Battle of George Square (1919). Read in Resist, out now: https://t.co/dK6mjLmh3M #HistoryIntoFiction #Uprising https://t.co/O1QBlQ3GlK
Paperback, 2012
$28.95Member price:$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silence Room: Short Stories
Sean O'Brien@martyn_amos @litandphil As you know we published a book about that place: The Silence Room by Sean O’Brien,
Paperback, 2009
$15.95Member price:$15.15 + Free shipping5% off
The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories
Gaia HolmesWhat happens when you cross environmental activists and magical abilities? Find out in the short story 'Unloved Flowers' by Gaia Holmes. Read in our anthology The Cuckoo Cage, tales of social justice superheroes on philanthropic missions, out now: https://t.co/9f8Cfja1mS https://t.co/fW7YmJcMn4
Paperback, 2022
$19.99Member price:$18.99 + Free shipping5% off
Nigel Kneale
Jesse Russell‘The rule of ‘less is more’, which applies most in film, definitely applies to Kneale’s fiction too. His stories are led by their atmosphere, but he never over describes. If anything he under describes’ - author @StephenLawsSL on #NigelKneale’s Tomato Cain @FFF_Manchester https://t.co/F2rAvvhCVA
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The Done Thing: A Book Club Recommendation!
Tracy ManasterA young woman visiting home from America takes an interest in her grandmother's participation in the Ford Dagenham's Women's Strike of 1968 in @LuanGoldie touching short story 'The Done Thing'. Read in Resist, out now: https://t.co/dK6mjLmh3M #WomensHistoryMonth #55Years https://t.co/DrNLdmJ0Si
Paperback, 2017
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book