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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 shock: “2020 was a tremendously challenging year. We were looking forward to celebrating our 10th anniversary but the pandemic had …
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 short fiction writers and 12 female creative writing practitioners. Writers will attend 12 two-hour online masterclasses, via Zoom, in fortnightly sessions, over …
“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 unquestioned white supremacy. The quote is apt. Minneapolis is going down a road now that was created by many, many activists in a long history of …
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 a small press to enhance their learning. Students often work remotely and are supported by editor Farhana Shaikh to pursue a personal project …
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 Bhattacharya and Subjunctive Moods by CG Menon. Five short stories from each collection will be broadcast as part of Radio 4 …
Every year Dahlia Publishing hosts two students from University of Leicester on a 10 week placement. Amira Richards joined our Short Story Circle in 2018.
Susmita Bhattacharya’s debut short story collection, Table Manners has been named the winner of The Best Short Story Collection in this year’s Saboteur Awards.