Dave Sheasby 1940-2010
Dave Sheasby wrote for radio, television and theatre for a number of years and also directed and produced work for BBC radio drama and documentary features. Combining both the writing...
Malaika Rose Stanley 1954-2019
Malaika Rose Stanley was a children’s writer whose work ranged from picture books to pre-teen fiction, including Baby Ruby Bawled (2010), Miss Bubble’s Troubles (2010), Spike and Ali Enson (2010)...
Sebastian Barker 1945 – 2014
Sebastian Barker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997. He was also chairman of the Poetry Society (1988–92) and editor of the London Magazine (2002–08)....
Where The Heart Is
It’s September 1965. I’m in the bathroom at home and the door’s locked. I’ve been in here for hours. Lined up beside the bath are two stuffed bears, two storybooks,...
Carole Angier
Carole Angier is the award-winning biographer of Jean Rhys and Primo Levi. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002. Before becoming a writer (or...
Michael McMillan
Michael McMillan is an acclaimed arts practitioner whose work includes plays, non-fiction books and installations/exhibitions. His early plays at the Royal Court Theatre — The School Leaver (1978) and Hard...
Beatrice Colin 1963-2019
Beatrice Colin was a novelist who also wrote extensively for radio. Her novels included The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite (2008) and The Songwriter (2010). She also wrote two novels...
The Yellow Rose
‘I simply wished to preserve for a while longer something of the private remnant valued by her living family — and I trust by some others too.’ Ted Hughes (1989)...
Kapka Kassabova
Kapka Kassabova is a travel writer, poet and novelist. Her childhood memoir Street Without a Name (Portobello, 2008) was shortlisted for the Prix du Livre Européen and the Dolman travel-book...
Kona Macphee
Kona Macphee is a poet and self-described ‘thingwright’ who grew up in Australia and now lives in Perthshire. She received an Eric Gregory award in 1998 and her first collection...