L. A. Robbins

L. A. Robbins

British and American author L.A. Robbins published what is being praised as an arresting and innovative short story collection in 2022: Unspooling the Light.  First placed in UK, US and European journals, these stories reflect insights from memorable experiences in Scotland, England and abroad. A recent story made the long list for the Fish PublishingRead more about L. A. Robbins[…]

Jo Somerset

Jo Somerset

Jo Somerset is based in Manchester. She completed a MA in Creative Writing in May 2020 at the University of Salford, where she received the Leanne Bridgewater Award for Innovation and Experiment. Like Isla, Jo grew up in Birmingham with an unspoken Celtic heritage. A love of the Hebrides and her experience with a blendedRead more about Jo Somerset[…]

Jonathan Aylett

Jonathan Aylett

Neurodivergent, prize-winning haiku poet who has enjoyed competition success in Japan, the USA, Poland, and Canada, including the prestigious ‘Mainichi International Haiku Competition’, organised by one of Japan’s biggest newspapers. Published in many journals dedicated to the haiku form, as well as featuring on the poetry superhighway website and appearing on public display in WashingtonRead more about Jonathan Aylett[…]

Sarah Wimbush

Sarah Wimbush

Sarah Wimbush is a Yorkshire poet. Her first collection, Shelling Peas with My Grandmother in the Gorgiolands, was published with Bloodaxe in 2022. She has published two prize-winning pamphlets: The Last Dinosaur in Doncaster (Smith | Doorstop, 2021), and Bloodlines (Seren, 2020) which shortlisted in the Michael Marks Awards. Her poems have recently appeared inRead more about Sarah Wimbush[…]

Stella Davis

Stella Davis

Stella Davis is a poet who was able to give up the day job in 1999 thanks to an Arts Council initiative, which aimed to put “1000 artists in 1000 unusual places”. Her “unusual place” was the port of Southampton, where her hosts were members of Southampton Cargo Handling, then the only stevedores’ co-operative inRead more about Stella Davis[…]

Ali Sparkes

Ali Sparkes

Ali Sparkes is the Blue Peter Award winning author of Frozen In Time, the acclaimed Shapeshifter series, UK National Children’s Book Awards finalist Car-Jacked, Carnegie-nominated Wishful Thinking and more than 50 other titles. A former BBC broadcast journalist and newspaper reporter, Ali has also written comedy for BBC Radio 4 and edited a successful BBCRead more about Ali Sparkes[…]

Solidarity at Stairwell Books

Solidarity at Stairwell Books

Stairwell Books have published nearly 40 women writers (hundreds, including anthologies and magazines). Commitments, distance and cost make gathering together impossible. Women can however support each other through the internet. In this lively Zoom session chaired by editor Rose Drew, some of Stairwell’s authors will share their work and deas. Whether a new or veteranRead more about Solidarity at Stairwell Books[…]