Kelly, Stuart
Stuart Kelly grew up in and still lives in the Scottish Borders. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, and has been literary editor and chief critic for Scotland on Sunday since 2005, as well as writing for numerous other outlets. In addition to his published works, he has presented documentaries on radio and television, and is […]
Lawson, Nigella
Nigella Lawson became Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times at the age of 26, followed by a successful career as a freelance journalist, and op ed columnist, for a range of newspapers. In 1998 she wrote her first cookbook, How To Eat, The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, followed by How To Be […]
Lewis, Roger
Roger Lewis was born in South Wales in 1960. Educated at Bassaleg Comprehensive, St Andrews University and Magdalen College, Oxford, Lewis won the Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize, Matthew Arnold Essay Prize and Chancellor’s English Essay Prize. Lewis was made a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford in 1984. He mved to Normandy in 1991 to complete […]
Liardet, Tim
Twice shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, for The World Before Snow (Carcanet) and The Blood Choir (Seren), Tim Liardet has produced eleven collections of poetry to date. He has also been longlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Prize, received several Poetry Book Society Recommendations, a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice, an Arts Council England Writer’s […]
Mukherjee, Ankhi
Ankhi Mukherjee is Professor of English and World Literatures at Oxford. She is the author of several monographs, including the award-winning Unseen City: The Psychic Lives of the Urban Poor and What Is a Classic? Postcolonial Rewriting and Invention of the Canon. Her innovative ideas on the role of literature and the interpretive humanities in […]
Riddell, Chris
Chris Riddell was born in 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was a “liberal Anglican vicar” and was opposed to the system of apartheid. The family returned to England when Chris was one year old, where he spent the rest of his childhood with his sister and three brothers, who now live […]
Roden, Claudia
Claudia Roden is a food writer with a special interest in the history and cultural background of food. Born and raised in Egypt, she specialises in the cuisines of the Middle East and North Africa, the Mediterranean and in Jewish food. Her books are said to have influenced what we eat in Britain today and […]
Stevens, Nell
Nell Stevens is the author of four books: the novels The Original and Briefly, a Delicious Life, and the memoirs Bleaker House and Mrs Gaskell & Me. Her work has been awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and longlisted for the […]
Terry, Philip
Philip Terry was born in Belfast, and is a poet and translator. The Penguin Book of Oulipo, which he edited, was published in Penguin Modern Classics in 2020, and Carcanet published his edition of Jean-Luc Champerret’s The Lascaux Notebooks, the first ever anthology of Ice Age poetry, in 2022. His version of Dante’s Purgatorio, relocated […]
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 […]
Dillsworth, Elise
Elise Dillsworth is a literary agent. Previously she was a commissioning editor at Virago Press. In 2004 she co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network to encourage people from diverse cultural backgrounds to enter the workforce. In 2012 she established Elise Dillsworth Literary Agency with the keen aim to reflect international writing. Her authors have won […]
Hodgkinson, Ted
Ted Hodgkinson is Head of Literature and Spoken Word at the Southbank Centre, Europe’s largest arts centre and the home of the National Poetry Library and London Literature Festival. Since taking up the role he has launched new initiatives, from the New Poets Collective to Indie Night, which champions independent publishing. A former Chair of […]