17
May
Author: stairwellbooks
22
Feb
Jill Sharp
Jill Sharp grew up climbing trees and building dens in the New Forest. She studied at Keele and London universities, and has taught excluded young people in PRUs, and adults at the Open University. She’s been assistant editor on a children’s magazine and her poetry has won prizes and appeared widely in print andRead more about Jill Sharp[…]
26
Nov
Katherine Mezzacappa
26
Nov
Rebecca Stonehill
As a little girl, Rebecca avidly subscribed to the Puffin Club magazine. She once decided to enter a competition in which children were asked to write a story about a zany family. She didn’t have to think too hard about it; she penned a thinly veiled fictional tale about her own family and won.Read more about Rebecca Stonehill[…]
26
Nov
F. R. Kesby
18
Oct
Giannis Paschos
Giannis Paschos was born in 1954 in Giannena. He is a late bloomer in the world of letters as his first career was in academia; he is an Ichthyology Professor, with dozens of articles published in peer reviewed journals, who has participated in many international conferences and has been a consultant to major projects bothRead more about Giannis Paschos[…]
14
Oct
Launch of Village Fox at Bluebird Bakery
Join Stairwell Books for the York launch of poetry collection, Village Fox, by Richard Cave. Richard will read from his collection, and will be supported by poets Fiona Timothy, Laurence Tilley. Musical guests (TBA). Richard Cave’s long-awaited first collection offers poems whimsical to environmentally-aware to, dare we say it, poems of “Dylanesque” power andRead more about Launch of Village Fox at Bluebird Bakery[…]
14
Oct
Judith Oliver
Judith Oliver is a first time author from North East England, with a proud working class family background. She has worked as a teacher, University administrator and civil servant, whilst balancing caring responsibilities for her disabled son. She would love to see more representation of working class people in literature/drama.
28
Sep
Ilmar Lehtpere
Ilmar Lehtpere is an Estonian poet and translator. Exiles is a selection, with a few added poems, from the original Estonian Kodutud luuletused, which was short-listed in Estonia for the Betti Alver Prize, and has been translated into Irish by Aogán Ó Muirheartaigh and into Macedonian by Julijana Velichkovska. His poetry has previously appeared inRead more about Ilmar Lehtpere[…]
10
Sep
P S Lynch
P.S. Lynch is a writer and teacher with over twenty years’ experience in the UK and international education. An expert in conspiracy films and literature, he has published on the subject and lectured across Europe and in the United States. Whether as a teacher or writer, his passion is sharing stories; those that inspire, amuseRead more about P S Lynch[…]