A short story from Niki Aguirre's new collection Terminal Romance.

This week is Birkbeck Arts Week and the Writers' Hub will be presenting two events: On Monday - Hubbub featuring Martina Evans and Benjamin Wood and on Thursday - a special panel discussion, chaired by Julia Bell, entitled 'Self-Publishing: Vanity Fair or Brave New World'.

Leila Segal explores the feeling that comes before the story and how fictional narrative is formed out of emotional truth.

Valeria Melchioretto reviews Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru.

Ian Duhig explores the poem as machine with reference to a short poem by Martin Bell called 'Writer's Block'.

Next Hubbub: Monday 2 July. Round-up of our May Hubbub to follow shortly.

A list of competitions and submission opportunities for poets and writers.