Writers

Miriam Gamble

Northern Irish poet; miniaturist; likes to see things skew

Frances Hardinge

Writes dark, bizarre, fantastical books for children and young adults

Kit de Waal

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

Max Porter

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

Courttia Newland

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

Jo Mazelis

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

Ned Beauman

Author of three novels, Granta Best Young British Novelists 2013

Lucy Caldwell

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

Karen McCarthy Woolf

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

Sarah Moss

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

Joanna Walsh

Fictionist, autofictionist, essayist, journalist, experimentalist

Stephen Kelman

In the words of the underdog I find my voice

Ifor ap Glyn

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

Karrie Fransman

Comic creator/graphic novelist who loves experimenting with visual storytelling 

Nick Harkaway

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

Jan Carson

Belfast based novelist and short story writer. Magic realist

Sophia Walker

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

Horatio Clare

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

Harry Josephine Giles

Multiplatform poet and performer, making strange, delightful and political interventions

Hannah Berry

Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker

Gavin Francis

Writer and doctor exploring geographical, anatomical and cultural landscapes

Vahni Capildeo

Solitary gregarious impossible animal sleeps furiously, writes devouringly, bakes cakes

Amy Liptrot

Writer from a Scottish island. I'm all ears

Glenn Patterson

Serial optimist

Liz Berry

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

Thomas Morris

Short story writer; Wales Book of the Year; editor

Andrew McMillan

Young poet exploring masculinity and the body

Sabrina Mahfouz

Trying to make words that make a change, however small

Catherine O'Flynn

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

Raymond Antrobus

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

Nikesh Shukla

Author, novelist, diversity champion, filmmaker, average rapper

Rhian Edwards

Welsh poet & single mum, twitcher & horror film nut