Inkfish Magazine

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We are a literary journal for emerging and established authors and we publish flash fiction, short stories & non-fiction that prioritise voice, character and emotional engagement. We love great writing that takes us somewhere unexpected!

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Interviews

Interview with Mick Herron

Interview with Mick Herron authorQuestions by Peter McAllister The Slow Horses TV show won two BAFTAS this year and has previously been nominated for a Golden Globe. How does that feel? It feels good. A lot of hard work has gone into making the show, and I’m delighted that those responsible are being recognised. What [...]

Interview with Patrick Gale

Interview with Patrick Gale AuthorQuestions by Peter McAllister You've won and been shortlisted for lots of awards. Do you still get that buzz when a nomination comes through? Oh, well, I should be so lucky to call it ‘lots’. It’s true I've been there, I suppose. I think it's very, very sad that the Whitbread [...]

Interview with Tim Hannigan

Interview with Tim Hannigan Travel writerQuestions by Kate Horsley We love the way The Granite Kingdom weaves together in-depth research into geography, history, art, landscape and travel literature with on-foot research and a warm and entertaining vein of personal reflection! How did the idea for it develop and what were your favourite - and least [...]

Interview with Rob Magnuson Smith

Interview with Rob Magnuson Smith AuthorQuestions by Peter McAllister Can you tell us a little about your writing process, please? Where do you write from? What’s that space like? How do you approach each day of writing? I write mostly from home, onboard a converted herring trawler moored on the Penryn River. It’s peaceful, if [...]

Interview with Emma Timpany

Interview with Emma Timpany writer and editorQuestions by Kate Horsley Tell us a little about where you live. I was born and grew up in the far south of New Zealand but now live near Truro in Cornwall in a small, quiet village close to the River Fal and lovely places like Roundwood Quay and [...]

Interview with Shelley Trower

Interview with Shelley Trower writerQuestions by Kate Horsley Tell us a little about where you live. I live in Lostwithiel, which has a very old bridge and river much like the one in the story. I’d like to say though that the story’s Lostwithiel is definitely fictionalised. I’ve lived here for just a year, and [...]

News

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993) is a dystopian novel following 15-year-old Lauren Olamina as she navigates America through the years 2024 to 2027. When her community is attacked, Lauren leads the survivors towards Canada in search of a safe haven and a fresh start. It borders on terrifying how relevant some of the issues depicted in a novel written in 1993 are to the current state of society.

Morrab Writer in Residence Peter McAllister

Peter McAllister new Morrab Library Writer in Residence

We’re thrilled that Inkfish editor and founder, Peter McAllister, has just become Writer in Residence at the Morrab Library in Penzance. From the Morrab Library’s website: This year we’re welcoming a ‘Writer in Residence’ to The Morrab Library. Peter McAllister is a member of the Library and we’re delighted that he will be spending the […]

Cornwall in Short Book Launch

Join editors Peter McAllister and Kate Horsley, along with a number of contributing writers at this, the launch of Cornwall in Short. Authors such as Tim Hannigan, Emma Timpany, Rob Magnuson Smith, Adrian Markle and Clare Howdle feature in this collection of Cornish writing. Hear some of them read their work at this event before taking part in a short Q&A.