Today they killed our dear friend Refaat. The kindest, gentlest, most gracious teacher, editor, writer, mentor, friend you could ever meet. He was like a father to the writing community in G. Live by the pen, die by the pen. He did both. Murdered for his words. We are heartbroken
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- The first ever anthology of science fiction from Iraq, with the man himself, its editor!
- The first ever anthology of science fiction from Palestine, with the woman herself, its editor!
- In relation to the cancelation of the forthcoming 'Voices of Resilience' event at Home, and the libelous allegation that led to it, Comma has made its statement here:
- Yours sincerely, The Northern Fiction Alliance 📫 ift.tt/2HjE0Ow
- 'If I Must Die' by Refaat Alareer 🪁 Read by the incredible Eric Cantona Refaat was killed in a targeted attack last year, fitting a wider pattern of the silencing Palestinian writers, poets and journalists; of robbing Palestinians of their voice. Voices of Resilience is
00:00 - Comma Press welcomes @HOME_mcr’s decision to reinstate ‘Voices of Resilience.’ A full statement will be available on our blog in due time. Thank you to all who have spoken out in support over the past week, your voices have not gone unnoticed ❤️A statement on Voices of Resilience tinyurl.com/mr2fcpbd
- Atef is still living in a tent in Rafah, writing his diaries every day. But rather than wait till these atrocities end we have published his diaries of the genocide to date as an ebook. Foreword by Chris Hedges. All proceeds go to charity (see below): amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQYGCKBV?…
- We are hiring! Apply to be our new Publishing Assistant, and support the delivery of our publishing programme, as well as our writer development work. Closes: 6 Oct To view the full job specification, see our website here: commapress.co.uk/news/apply-to-… #manchester #publishingjob
- In 2018 we will only translate authors from #Trump #MuslimBan nations, our reasons in the @guardian today
- We'd like to share this happy news and thank every one of our followers - whether you've bought a book, attended an event, or just started following us - THANK YOU! 👏🎉
- Comma Press awarded £50k from Greater Manchester Culture Fund thebookseller.com/news/comma-pre… via @thebookseller
- We are the British Book Awards North England regional winner! Thanks to @thebookseller and the judges for choosing us out of the amazing presses shortlisted in the North. thebookseller.com/news/british-b… via @thebookseller









