other work
“His work is incredibly originally, wonderfully humorous”
Aesthetica Magazine
anthologies
Riptide 2019
We Were Strangers ed Richard Hirst, 2018
Best British Short Stories 2017
Pow Wow, ed Charlie Hill, 2016
The Manchester review, Ed Valerie O'Riordon 2014
The Other Room ed Tom Jenks 2013
Bugged, ed Jo Bell & David Calcutt, 2010
Short Circuit: A Guide To The Art Of The Short Story, ed Vanessa Gebbie, Salt Publishing, 2009
Punk Fiction: An Anthology Of Short Stories Inspired By Punk, ed Johnny Marr & Janine Bullman, Portico, 2009
Paint A Vulgar Picture: Fiction Inspired By The Smiths, ed Peter Wild, Serpent's Tail, 2009
Bad Idea, 2008
Riptide, 2008
print magazines
Aesthetica, Ambit, Bad Idea, Blank Pages, Blowback Mag, Bored Mag, Bob, Brand, Cent, Confingo, Citizen 32, Elimae, Ephemera, FACT Mag, Flash, flax, Hush-Hush, Index, Irk, Lamport Court, Laugh It Off, Litro, Modart, Modernfix, Monday Night, Mooch, Octopus Beak, Opium, Papercut, Parameter, PEEP, PS I Love You, Rant, Riptide, Shortbread, Stand, Stand Off, Succour, Text Bones, The Illustrated Ape, The Mix, thephonebook, The Quiet Feather, The Ugly Tree, Transmission, Voices From The Underground
web magazines
Ascent Aspirations, Big Beat, Blank Pages, Cautionary Tale, Cezanne’s Carrot, Defenestration, East Of The Web, Frigg, Girls With Insurance, Insolent Rudder, Juked, Mannequin Envy, My Favourite Bullet, New Story Teller, Opium, Rethinkdaily, Shadowtrain, Skive, Somewhat, Spokes, Stride, Tell Tales, Thieves Jargon, Unlikely Stories, Void, Wild Child, Word Riot
journalism
The Guardian, 2009 and 2012
Financial Times x 3, 2009
Prospect magazine x 2, 2009
Sunday Times, 2008
Birmingham Post, 2008
workshops and teaching
David has led a number of workshops and given a number of lectures on various techniques including writing about place and developing flash fiction. These include at festivals (Manchester Literature Festival, Lancaster Litfest, Chester Literature Festival, Sefton Literature festival, Wigan Word Festival and Birmingham Literature Festival) and at various venues around the UK (Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Art Gallery, Edgehill University, Chester University, Bolton University, Accrington Stanley Football Club, Worden Arts Centre, Dartford College and Walsall Art College). David delivers talks to creative writing students across the north at Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester, Bolton University, Chester University, Edge hill University, York St John University, and others. He also runs a popular 10 week short story course at Waterside Arts Centre and in 2016 David was a visiting fellow at the University of Manchester.
“Can you tell a story in less than 500 words? David Gaffney thinks you can, and in this workshop you will learn how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format, how to condense, yet keep your story effective, powerful and easy to understand, how to manage character, description, point of view and dialogue in the ultra short story, and how to reduce a thousand words to 150 without losing a thing. Full of practical, fun exercises, this session will leave you wondering why anything has to be longer than a side of A4.”
To book David for workshops, contact him here.
judging
David has judged for the Bridport prize, the Ambit short story competition, the Bath Flash-Fiction prize, the Oxfam short story competition, Retreat West, Reflex, and many others.
“Gaffney looks to have cemented his reputation as one of the foremost writers in the short fiction arena”
The Short Review
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Aesthetica Magazine
anthologies
Riptide 2019
We Were Strangers ed Richard Hirst, 2018
Best British Short Stories 2017
Pow Wow, ed Charlie Hill, 2016
The Manchester review, Ed Valerie O'Riordon 2014
The Other Room ed Tom Jenks 2013
Bugged, ed Jo Bell & David Calcutt, 2010
Short Circuit: A Guide To The Art Of The Short Story, ed Vanessa Gebbie, Salt Publishing, 2009
Punk Fiction: An Anthology Of Short Stories Inspired By Punk, ed Johnny Marr & Janine Bullman, Portico, 2009
Paint A Vulgar Picture: Fiction Inspired By The Smiths, ed Peter Wild, Serpent's Tail, 2009
Bad Idea, 2008
Riptide, 2008
print magazines
Aesthetica, Ambit, Bad Idea, Blank Pages, Blowback Mag, Bored Mag, Bob, Brand, Cent, Confingo, Citizen 32, Elimae, Ephemera, FACT Mag, Flash, flax, Hush-Hush, Index, Irk, Lamport Court, Laugh It Off, Litro, Modart, Modernfix, Monday Night, Mooch, Octopus Beak, Opium, Papercut, Parameter, PEEP, PS I Love You, Rant, Riptide, Shortbread, Stand, Stand Off, Succour, Text Bones, The Illustrated Ape, The Mix, thephonebook, The Quiet Feather, The Ugly Tree, Transmission, Voices From The Underground
web magazines
Ascent Aspirations, Big Beat, Blank Pages, Cautionary Tale, Cezanne’s Carrot, Defenestration, East Of The Web, Frigg, Girls With Insurance, Insolent Rudder, Juked, Mannequin Envy, My Favourite Bullet, New Story Teller, Opium, Rethinkdaily, Shadowtrain, Skive, Somewhat, Spokes, Stride, Tell Tales, Thieves Jargon, Unlikely Stories, Void, Wild Child, Word Riot
journalism
The Guardian, 2009 and 2012
Financial Times x 3, 2009
Prospect magazine x 2, 2009
Sunday Times, 2008
Birmingham Post, 2008
workshops and teaching
David has led a number of workshops and given a number of lectures on various techniques including writing about place and developing flash fiction. These include at festivals (Manchester Literature Festival, Lancaster Litfest, Chester Literature Festival, Sefton Literature festival, Wigan Word Festival and Birmingham Literature Festival) and at various venues around the UK (Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Art Gallery, Edgehill University, Chester University, Bolton University, Accrington Stanley Football Club, Worden Arts Centre, Dartford College and Walsall Art College). David delivers talks to creative writing students across the north at Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester, Bolton University, Chester University, Edge hill University, York St John University, and others. He also runs a popular 10 week short story course at Waterside Arts Centre and in 2016 David was a visiting fellow at the University of Manchester.
“Can you tell a story in less than 500 words? David Gaffney thinks you can, and in this workshop you will learn how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format, how to condense, yet keep your story effective, powerful and easy to understand, how to manage character, description, point of view and dialogue in the ultra short story, and how to reduce a thousand words to 150 without losing a thing. Full of practical, fun exercises, this session will leave you wondering why anything has to be longer than a side of A4.”
To book David for workshops, contact him here.
judging
David has judged for the Bridport prize, the Ambit short story competition, the Bath Flash-Fiction prize, the Oxfam short story competition, Retreat West, Reflex, and many others.
“Gaffney looks to have cemented his reputation as one of the foremost writers in the short fiction arena”
The Short Review
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