‘Guerilla academics’: An interview with Ailsa Cox, Michelle Ryan and Elke D’hoker, founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research

In this roundtable interview, Michelle Ryan, Ailsa Cox and Elke D’hoker, the founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research (ENSFR), reflect on the network’s achievements over the past ten years. They discuss the context in which the ENSFR was created, its goals, its members and its future, as well as its unique relationship with the Journal of the Short Story in English and Short Fiction in Theory and Practice .

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Short Fiction in Theory and Practice
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2025-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00127_7
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Short Stories in Global Literature
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‘Guerilla academics’: An interview with Ailsa Cox, Michelle Ryan and Elke D’hoker, founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research

Laura Gallon
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‘Guerilla academics’: An interview with Ailsa Cox, Michelle Ryan and Elke D’hoker, founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research

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Abstract

In this roundtable interview, Michelle Ryan, Ailsa Cox and Elke D’hoker, the founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research (ENSFR), reflect on the network’s achievements over the past ten years. They discuss the context in which the ENSFR was created, its goals, its members and its future, as well as its unique relationship with the Journal of the Short Story in English and Short Fiction in Theory and Practice .

Short Fiction in Theory and PracticeVol. 15(1)
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