‘Louis Aragon & André Breton’, Man Ray, 1922

'We’re all shaped by little comments, half-understood stories, odd details that snag on our brains...' Pleasure to chat with Chris Parker on insularity, the Very Hungry Caterpillar and NAMELESS LAKE (Salt Books), one of the best debuts of 2023. joebedford.co.uk/chris-parker/

Pleasure to be interviewed by you, Joe Bedford !

What a good interview. Joe Bedford teases out what makes Chris Parker such an interesting writer. I like writing that doesn't let a plot swallow the best bits... then again, good plots are hard to put down. Anyway... have a look

🎧OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with Joshua Jones (Joshua Jones | Local Fires) ('Local Fires') previously shortlisted for 2024 prize. Jones is in conversation with @swanseauni creative writing student Luke Blake (Luke Blake). 👉 bit.ly/bookendspodcast #SUDTP24

Always in for a bit of Bruno

Congratulations to Ailsa Cox and her publisher Cōnfingō Publishing on her upcoming collection of short stories, Precipitation! You can pre-order it here: confingopublishing.uk/product-page/p…

Good news lads, I've won the Bridport Prize. Along with the book coming out last year, this really feels like a turning point. Huge thanks to my hero judge Wendy Erskine, everyone at The Bridport Prize, and my friends and family for all their support with this. Love you all.

THREE University of Leicester PhD Creative Writing students have been successful in this year's The Bridport Prize ! Joe Bedford is winner of the Short Story prize, Laura Besley shortlisted for flash & Jane Simmons shortlisted for poetry. Amazing news! UoL Press Office Jonathan Taylor

Obviously this app sucks now but regardless I've been overwhelmed by the amount of positivity, encouragement and support I've received in the last few days. Thank you to every one of you for lighting up an often shady place.

Congratulations again to our 2024 short story winners! 🎉📝 Find out more about each writer, see the shortlist and download the judges' report on our website: bridportprize.org.uk/results #BridportPrize2024 #ShortStory Joe Bedford Angela

FARMAGEDDON The story of what's REALLY going on in farming. Another absolutely superb analysis from Ed Conway that everyone should watch

Super grateful to be featured as the wonderful book vlogger Shawn Breathes Books's mystery guest this week. Link below if you fancy listening to me and Shawn chat about A Bad Decade for Good People and my The Bridport Prize-winning story 'Zanzibar Blue' 👇

Thrilled to see my experimental short story 'The Worm' published in The Journal of the Short Story in English's latest issue on Temporality & Landscape. Read for free here, along with some really stimulating papers on a fascinating theme: journals.openedition.org/jsse/index.html

On Everybody's Reviewing today: Favourite Reads of 2024! everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/01/favour… Creative Writing at Leicester Jonathan Taylor Guardian Books Lee Wright Joe Bedford Karen Rust University of Leicester English, University of Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Literary Leicester NAWE The Society of Authors Writing East Midlands Library & Learning Services

'An early memory is of my grandmother reading folktales and fairy stories complete with magical dragons and talking beasts.' - Rosie Garland on flash fiction, mummies & ‘Your Sons and Your Daughters are Beyond’, interviewed by Joe Bedford! joebedford.co.uk/rosie-garland/

Still spending it.

Save the date! 🗓️ Don’t miss out on novel writing wisdom from Aki Schilz, Director of The Literary Consultancy, and award-winning writers Lara Haworth and Joe Bedford. Tickets £10 (£1 tickets also available): crowdcast.io/c/novel + watch previous events from £5: crowdcast.io/@bridportprize