Writers

Andrew McMillan

Young poet exploring masculinity and the body

Alex Bellos

Mathematics. Puzzles. Brazil. Football. Pool, elliptically

Alexandra Harris

Literary critic, cultural historian, lover of buildings, landscapes, seasons, stories

Caleb Femi

Poet. English Teacher. Photographer. Filmaker.

Sarah Howe

British-Chinese poet, academic and editor, born in Hong Kong

Sarah Perry

Novelist; academic (the Gothic, creative writing); critic (The Guardian, Financial Times); essays (BBC, Guardian, Slightly Foxed)

Neel Mukherjee

Novelist, curious, thinks about form more than he's given credit for

Richard Beard

Curious, experimental, mashed-up

Malika Booker

Poet, Playwright, Lecturer, Creative Writing tutor/ Mentor, Engaging reader, Charismatic

Amy Liptrot

Writer from a Scottish island. I'm all ears

Sophia Walker

Award-winning poet, playwright and teacher. UN and TEDx commissions

Kit de Waal

I'm a writer, reader, giggler and baker of mixed heritage

Raymond Antrobus

Widely published poet & spoken word educator. Exploring deafness, identity & emotional literacy

James Meek

Human writer 

Patrick McGuinness

Interested in what things look like when we're not looking

Sabrina Mahfouz

Trying to make words that make a change, however small

Karen McCarthy Woolf

Poet, editor, critic, urban nature, collaboration and translation, diversity advocate

Carys Davies

Award-winning, widely anthologised short story writer, north-west England

Sarah Moss

Reading, writing, talking, running, cooking: I miss hills and sea

Courttia Newland

Out of the box, inner city, stylistically diverse, musically influenced 

Laura Dockrill

baby. granny. annoying. optimistic. potato-eating. writing. drawing. talking. colourful.

Benjamin Myers

Lone wolf of the north stalking the fictional hinterlands

Leontia Flynn

Writing poetry, sometimes writing about poetry, very occasionally just writing

Thomas Morris

Short story writer; Wales Book of the Year; editor

Nadeem Aslam

Born in Pakistan, a novelist living in England

Emma Jane Unsworth

Novelist and screenwriter. Northerner. Romantic. Likes wine. GSOH

Olivia Laing

Writer

Kayo Chingonyi

Lyric poet with a passion for music

Paul McVeigh

Northern Irish writer of plays, comedy, short stories and novel

David Szalay

London writer, European, also Canadian

Isabel Greenberg

Illustrator, writer, comics, graphic novels

Karrie Fransman

Comic creator/graphic novelist who loves experimenting with visual storytelling 

Jan Carson

Belfast based novelist and short story writer. Magic realist

Hannah Berry

Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker

Nick Harkaway

Novelist, European, wild-eyed black sky dreamer, husband, dad, oenophile, biathlon fan

Kerry Hudson

Scottish, queer, working class novelist. Loves to perform, travel, teach

Una

Not funny

Kathleen Jamie

Scottish poet and non-fiction writer with interests in language, culture and nature

Tessa Hadley

Novelist and short story writer

Bernardine Evaristo

Afro-British adventurer who brings unique characters and stories to life

Gavin Francis

Writer and doctor exploring geographical, anatomical and cultural landscapes

Lucy Caldwell

Novelist, playwright, radio dramatist and most recently short story writer

Ros Barber

Emotionally lucid novelist of speculative pasts and futures

Miriam Gamble

Northern Irish poet; miniaturist; likes to see things skew

Catherine O'Flynn

Novelist, former child detective, specialises in failed utopias, obsolete confectionery

Max Porter

Tall, pale, bookish, sleepy, poorly-postured, European, sentimental

Horatio Clare

Father, author, teacher, travel writer, university lecturer, walker, farmer 

Hollie McNish

I like writing poetry a lot. And I like being alive

Graeme Macrae Burnet

Author of His Bloody Project. Ageing existentialist. Black pudding aficionado.

Liz Berry

Award-winning Midlands poet enchanted by voices, stories and dialect

Joanna Walsh

Fictionist, autofictionist, essayist, journalist, experimentalist

Naomi Wood

Writer and teacher of novels and films

Jenn Ashworth

Northern, working class writer curious about domestic, strange happenings in uncanny landscapes