Isabel Waidner We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff 31 January 2020 A radical and innovative novel tackling queer identity, immigration, class and nationalism in modern Britain.
Wordlife: Creative Writing: Ben Dorey / Grimm & Co / Spoken Word Listings 1 December 2019 It's been an interesting year in literature. Stand out releases have included The Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other by…
Blindboy Boatclub Boulevard Wren and Other Stories 1 December 2019 Irish writer, comedian and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub's second collection of short stories, Boulevard Wren and Other Stories, is a riotous…
Helen Mort Black Car Burning 1 December 2019 Helen Mort is best known as an acclaimed poet, who had won the Foyles Young Poet of the Year Award five times by the age of 18. Climbers…
Wordlife: Creative Writing: Phil Walsh / Writers Hub / Spoken Word Listings 1 November 2019 We're continuing to mix up this section with two book reviews, a spotlight on the new Writers Hub at Castle House, and a poem from Phil…
Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy Once and Future 1 November 2019 Treat Your Shelfs October book was a queer-packed space opera and a retelling of the Arthurian legend. Once and Future is set between…
Tim Etchells Endland 1 November 2019 Endland is the latest release from Sheffield-based publisher And Other Stories. Tim Etchells is better known as the artistic director of…
Wordlife: Creative Writing: Mary Carr / Treat Your Shelf / And Other Stories 1 October 2019 We're mixing things up this month, with a spotlight on two literature organisations in the city who are doing great things. We're going to…
Chuck Palahniuk Adjustment Day 19 September 2019 Chuck Palahniuk ramraided the late-90s lit scene with an uncompromising mix of Swiftian satire, Burroughsian surrealism and enough…
Wordlife: Creative Writing: Simon Corble / Letty Butler 1 September 2019 In this month's Wordlife section you'll find a selection of photos and a poem from Simon Corble, taken from his book, White Light, White…