Séamas Carraher Guest Blog: The Task of Translating ‘The Book of Havana’

Navigating the stories – (but in essence, the different but sometimes-intersecting worlds) in the Book of Havana – from their Continue reading →

Orgreave and the Call for an Enquiry, 34 years later

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the most violent day of the year long miners’ strike, the Battle of Orgreave. Continue reading →

Gaza Writers: Poppies and Chickpea Stems – Sarah Ali

  Sarah Ali, Gaza, Monday 14th May 2018 With her back turned to protesters behind her, facing instead the protesters Continue reading →

Protest Guest Blog: Oliver, Lydia, and the Luddites – Andy Hedgecock

In the spring of 2017, Ra Page of Comma Press asked me to write a piece of historical fiction for Continue reading →

The Book of Riga: My take on the Baltic states

In my relatively short time working at Comma, I have been tasked with co-editing two anthologies as part of our Continue reading →

Demonstrating against war: remembering Grosvenor Square, 50 years on

  It is important to acknowledge the Anti-Vietnam War demonstration as a crucial moment in British history, and a formative Continue reading →

International Women’s Day: Reflections on womanhood from Britain, Latvia, and Somalia

To mark International Women’s Day this year we asked three of our authors to write about what it means to Continue reading →

Protest Guest Blog: ‘The Stop the Clause march, thirty years on’ by Juliet Jacques

Never Going Underground – The Stop the Clause march, thirty years on When Comma Press asked me to contribute to Continue reading →