Burston, Paul
Paul Burston writes both fiction and non-fiction, and has edited two short story collections. He hosts the award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon Polari and is the founder of The Polari Prize book awards for LGBTQ+ writers. In 2016 he featured in the British Council’s Global List of ‘33 visionary people promoting freedom, equality and LGBT rights […]
Boix, Leo
Leo Boix is a bilingual Latinx poet from Argentina based in London. His second collection Southernmost: Sonnets (Chatto & Windus, 2025) was shortlisted for the Forward Prizes and named Book of the Year by major UK newspapers. His debut Ballad of a Happy Immigrant (2021) was a Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice. He edited […]
Birch, Dinah
Dinah Birch is a literary academic and critic, with a particular interest in the Victorian period. She regularly contributes review articles to the London Review of Books and Times Literary Supplement, while her work as a broadcaster includes a number of Sky Arts documentaries on literary subjects. She inaugurated and served as the Director of […]
Biggs, Joanna
Born in London, Joanna Biggs trained at the London Review of Books and has edited for Harper’s Magazine in New York and The Yale Review in New Haven, Connecticut. Her criticism has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, and the New Yorker, among other publications, and she was […]
Brook, Annette
Annette Brook has worked in literature development for 15 years, primarily in communications and marketing, for organisations including Spread the Word, the Royal Society of Literature and First Story. Her specialisms include digital communications, partnership development, volunteer management and supporting the career progression of writers. She has been an advisory board member for Penned in […]
Benjamin, Marina
Marina Benjamin is an essayist and writer of memoir. She has published six books, including Rocket Dreams and Last Days in Babylon, and most recently a trilogy of memoirs about midlife: The Middlepause (2016), Insomnia (2018) and A Little Give (2023). Her books have been translated into many languages and have been long- and short-listed for […]
Brahmachari, Sita
Sita Brahmachari is an award-winning author celebrated for her rites of passage children’s and young adult novels and her work with diverse communities in theatre. Since her Waterstones Award Winning debut ‘Artichoke Hearts’ Sita’s novels, plays and short stories have received international critical acclaim. Her works include: ‘Kite Spirit,’ ‘Tender Earth’ ‘When Shadows Fall,’ ‘When Secrets […]
Benson, Fiona
Fiona Benson is the author of four poetry collections: Bright Travellers, Vertigo & Ghost, Ephemeron and Midden Witch, and one poetry script Infamous Offspring in collaboration with Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez. Her books have won the Forward Prize, the Seamus Heaney Prize, the Roehampton Poetry Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and she is a Society […]
Bryce, Colette
Colette Bryce is an Irish poet and editor. Her five poetry collections are published by Picador, including The Full Indian Rope Trick (Picador, 2004) and Self-Portrait in the Dark (2008). The Whole & Rain-domed Universe (2014), which draws on her experience of growing up in Derry during the Troubles, was shortlisted for the Costa and Forward prizes and received a […]
Bradman, Tony
Tony is an award-winning writer of children’s books. He has written poetry, picture books and stories for all ages, including historical fiction set in a wide range of periods – he was made a Fellow of the Historical Association in 2022. He has edited many anthologies, has been active in authors’ organisations – he was […]
Basu De Sarkar, Sanchita
Sanchita is the owner of the Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill, which was awarded the double accolade of Children’s Bookseller of the Year and Book Retailer of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024. It is the oldest running children’s bookshop in the country. Sanchita has previously been a judge for the Costa Book […]
Bonham-Carter, Victor
Victor Bonham-Carter was a zealous champion of authors and the countryside and enjoyed a varied career as an author, farmer and publisher. Bonham-Carter wrote a number of books about rural matters, including The English Village (1952). In the field of military history he published Soldier True: the life and times of Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson […]