#ScottPrize – The Shortlist in Profile: Rob Roensch

Biography

I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, the sort of place with a few white steepled churches in the center of town, hilly woods, and lots of narrow, winding roads. I live now, with my wife and two daughters, in the middle of Baltimore, a city that’s both sprawling and [...]

Journals and Literary Cultures: John Kinsella talks with David Lynn and James Byrne

Journals and Literary Cultures: John Kinsella talks with David Lynn and James Byrne about editing literary journals in the US and UK, and about processes of publishing and supporting writers. The event will include a Q & A session.

7pm on Tuesday, 13th March G-R06/7 English Faculty West Road Cambridge

Professor David Lynn [...]

#CrashawPrize The shortlist in profile: Luke Heeley

Biography

I was born in 1977 and grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. I started writing at the University of Warwick where I studied philosophy and literature – I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the creative writing programme there in its early years. After graduating, I joined Michael Donaghy’s evening class [...]

#ScottPrize – The Shortlist in Profile: Chris Smith

Biography

I find myself easily lost amongst the millions of Chris Smiths out there, so I’ve split myself up to gain a greater share of my name: I teach kayaking and climbing, I lead overseas youth-development expeditions, I’m marrying an American, I filmed an international documentary on street performing (www.thebuskingproject.com), I [...]

New Poetry: Goodman, McCullough, Saphra and Potts in London

Thursday 15 March 2012 19:30–22:30 The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road Four poets read from their debut collections, plus music from Ethan Saphra. Hosted by the fabulous Amy Key. Entry: Free

James Goodman’s Claytown (Salt Publishing).

Cornwall’s mineral, maritime and moorland realities are present here in a vital and present-day idiom, shot through with tough and [...]

Joseph D’Lacey joins Proxima

We’re delighted to announce that Joseph D’Lacey is joining our Proxima imprint with a new novel, Blood Fugue.

D’Lacey was born in London and is the author of MEAT, Garbage Man and The Kill Crew. D’Lacey was the winner of the British Fantasy Society’s Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer in 2009.

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David Herd and Simon Smith performing the long collaborative poem ROTE/THRU at The Veg Box Cafe in Canterbury with The-Quartet at 8 on Thursday 8th March.

#ScottPrize Shortlist in Profile: Rusty Dolleman

Biography

I currently live in San Francisco, but grew up in a small town in the western part of Maine. Many of my best stories take place there, and although I’ve slowly acclimated to the city, my guess is that I’ll never stop writing about where I grew up, or about rural people [...]

#ScottPrize Shortlist in Profile: Julia Bohanna

I am a dreamy and nerdy bookworm pretending to be a tough adult, hoping that no one rumbles me. I was ill as a child and often had a touch of the Elizabeth Barrett Brownings: blanket and sleeping dog on my lap. It helped to have pen, paper and a vast world of [...]

#ScottPrize – The Shortlist in Profile: Julie Mayhew

Photo Credit: Chris Gloag

Biography

I am an actress turned writer who still acts but mostly writes. I grew up in Peterborough and originally worked as a journalist, starting off as the ‘Black Thunder Babe’ breakfast presenter on my local station before writing for national newspapers and online news. After taking a [...]