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Alexandra Harris

Literary critic, cultural historian, lover of buildings, landscapes, seasons, stories
Non-fiction

Paul McVeigh

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

Ned Beauman

Author of three novels, Granta Best Young British Novelists 2013

Melissa Lee-Houghton

Fierce, Intelligent, Intense, Compassionate, Complex, Diligent, Expressive, Vibrant, Honest, Connected

Benjamin Myers

Lone wolf of the north stalking the fictional hinterlands

Emma Jane Unsworth

Novelist and screenwriter. Northerner. Romantic. Likes wine. GSOH
Fiction Non-fiction

Jessie Burton

I write novels, I delight in clothes, I enjoy essays
Fiction

Sarah Moss

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

Karen McCarthy Woolf

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

Tiffany Murray

Borderland writer. Welsh and Scottish. Travel to write. Rocknroll.

Patrick McGuinness

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

Nick Harkaway

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

Hollie McNish

I like writing poetry a lot. And I like being alive
Non-fiction Performance Poetry

Gavin Francis

Writer and doctor exploring geographical, anatomical and cultural landscapes

Jo Mazelis

Art school dropout, writer, photographer and lover of Welsh mountains

Jenn Ashworth

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

Joanna Walsh

Fictionist, autofictionist, essayist, journalist, experimentalist

Olivia Laing

Writer
Non-fiction

Amy Liptrot

Writer from a Scottish island. I'm all ears
Non-fiction

Karrie Fransman

Comic creator/graphic novelist who loves experimenting with visual storytelling 

Alex Bellos

Mathematics. Puzzles. Brazil. Football. Pool, elliptically

Glenn Patterson

Serial optimist

Christie Watson

Bookish, political, average dancer. Teach, write, drink too much coffee.

Janice Galloway

Work alone and/or collaborate (painters, sculptors, libretti - all comers)
Fiction Non-fiction Performance

Ross Sutherland

Exploring new forms across poetry, theatre, film and radio
Fiction Non-fiction Performance Poetry

James Meek

Human writer 

Nikesh Shukla

Author, novelist, diversity champion, filmmaker, average rapper

Horatio Clare

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

Ifor ap Glyn

National Poet of Wales, performer; with un-Londonlike interest in languages 

Ros Barber

Emotionally lucid novelist of speculative pasts and futures
Fiction Non-fiction Poetry

Sandeep Parmar

Writer, Critic, interested in issues of migration, race, avant garde literary traditions
Fiction Non-fiction Poetry

Richard Beard

Curious, experimental, mashed-up

Kathleen Jamie

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

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