Influx Press – Sabotage

Jolts book cover

Collection Short Stories

Jolts by Fernando Sdriggoti

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Phil Olsen Fernando Sdriggoti, Influx Press, Trahearne Falvey

–Reviewed by Trahearne Falvey– A few pages into ‘A Barbecue and an Exhumation in Victoria Park Village’, the centrepiece of

Collection Short Stories

Exercises in Control by Annabel Banks

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Phil Olsen Annabel Banks, Dipika Mummery, indie publishers, Influx Press

–Reviewed by Dipika Mummery– If you’re in the mood for short slices of dark fiction that peek into the often

Collection Flash Short Stories

How The Light Gets In by Clare Fisher

August 29, 2019May 9, 2020 Phil Olsen Cath Barton, Clare Fisher, Edge Hill Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize, Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2019, Edge Hill short Story Prize Longlist, flash fiction, Influx, Influx Press, short stories

-Reviewed by Cath Barton- In physical terms light brings energy, and darkness is the absence of light. So it makes

Saboteur Awards Short Stories

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Short Story Collection Shortlist

April 18, 2017May 1, 2017 Editor Adam Craig, Cinnamon Press, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Eley Williams, EyeCue, Influx Press, Irenosen Okojie, Jacaranda Books, Lucy Durneen, MidnightSun Publishing, saboteur awards 2017

From zombies to boys with fox-tails, there’s something for everyone in this year’s shortlist of Short Story Collections. Remember to vote

Announcement Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017 – The Shortlist and Longlist

April 3, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor Adam Craig, Aliya Whiteley, And Other Stories, Blast Theory, Bunbury magazine, Burning Eye Books, Butcher's Dog, Caleb Femi, César Aira, Cinnamon Press, Dave Coates, Dead ink, Dominic Bury, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Eley Williams, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emma Hammond, Emma van Woerkom, Evidently, EyeCue, Fay Roberts, For Books' Sake, Freya McClements, Greg Freeman, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Influx Press, Interrobang?!, Into the Void, Irenosen Okojie, J.R. Carpenter, Jacaranda Books, James Giddings, Jenn Ashworth, Jessica Traynor, Kevin Bateman, Lisa Luxx, Lucy Durneen, Maria Ferguson, Maudlin House, MidnightSun Publishing, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Paula Varjack, Penned in the Margins, Poetry Business, Reach Magazine, Read Fox Books, Richard Hirst, Rose Condo, Ross McCleary, Saboteur Awards, saboteur awards 2017, saboteur awards shortlist, Salena Godden, Scott Manley Hadley, Sidekick Books, Silhouette Press, Sophie Gainsley, Stephanie Conn, Templar, The Lonely Crowd, Tony White, Unity Words, Unsung Stories, Unthank Books, Valley Press, WORD!, Zimzalla

Nearly 2,200 people nominated in this year’s Saboteur Awards, and once again we are in awe at the variety of

Announcement Anthology Literary Criticism Live Literature Pamphlets Poetry Saboteur Awards Spoken Word

Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Anthologies, Pamphlets, Publishers and Reviewers

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Andy Jackson, Ashley Stokes, Becky Varley-Winter, Bloodaxe, Brett Evans, Bridgedoor Press, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Dave Coates, Dead Ink Books, Double Bill, Eniko Jahab, Eve Lacey, For Books' Sake, Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors, Holly Corfield Carr, Indigo Dreams, Influx Press, Joey Connolly, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Kissing Angles, Mark Fiddes, MINE, Penned in the Margins, Red Squirrel Press, Robin Jones, Sarah Fletcher, Templar Poetry, Ten: The New Wave, Test Centre, The Charnel House, The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre, The Devil’s Tattoo, The Emma Press, Tom Chivers, Tom de Freston, Unthank Books, Unthology 6, Victoria Kennefick, White Whale

– In which Becky Varley–Winter sums up Best Anthologies, Poetry Pamphlets, Reviewers, and Publishers – Best Anthology Best Anthology was a dynamic,

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards: Most Innovative Publisher

May 18, 2015 Editor Burning Eye, Burning Eye Books, Influx Press, Penned in the Margins, Test Centre, The Emma Press

This month, we will showcase each of the works shortlisted in the Saboteur Awards by category. Next up: most innovative publisher! If

Collection Poetry

Outside Looking On by Chimène Suleyman

November 13, 2014November 12, 2014 Editor Charles Whalley, Chimene Suleyman, Dave Coates, Influx Press

-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– A common workshop exercise is to trim the first lines from a poem, to fend off

Above Sugar Hill by Linda Mannheim

Collection Short Stories

‘Above Sugar Hill’ by Linda Mannheim

November 6, 2014November 6, 2014 dj4twinx Above Sugar Hill, Influx Press, Linda Mannheim, New York, Nick Murray

-Reviewed by Nick Murray- It’s like all those snapshots of New York – Brooklyn and Manhattan – in the 70s

‘Acquired for Development by…’ A Hackney Anthology

May 30, 2012 Editor Andrew Watts, Ashlee Christoffersen, David Dawkins, Fiction, Gareth Rees, Gary Budden, Hackney, Influx Press, John McGhee, Kieran Duddy, Kit Caless, Molly Naylor, Natalie Hardwick, Nell Frizzell, non-fiction, Paul Case, poetry, Sam Berkson, Siddhartha Bose, Tim Burrows

– Reviewed by John McGhee– “In recent years Hackney has become synonymous with London Cool,” says Invest in Hackney. “Hackney