Authors

Roy was a Guyanese writer who settled in the UK. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1964 but pursued a career as a schoolteacher and writer. His first novel, A Man Come Home, was published in 1974. The Murderer followed in 1978 and won the Guardian Fiction Prize. He went on […]

Rohan is a songwriter, musician and founder of the pop group Urban Cookie Collective, best known for their international hit single The Key, The Secret. Rohan has an MSc in Entomology from the University of Manchester. He started a PhD at the University of Vermont, USA but returned to the UK and the Manchester music

Rickey is originally from rural West Tennessee. He holds an MA in English from Northwestern University and an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin. He is the 2023-2025 Mendota Fellow in Fiction at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  His short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Guernica, The Sewanee

Karen is a writer and poet. She has previously worked as a magician’s assistant and a dancer. She holds a Master’s in English and Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and a BA(Hons) in Humanities, Creative Writing and the History of Art from the Open University. She is a Doctoral Candidate and poetry tutor at

Ali was born and lives in London. He is an award-winning writer, journalist, filmmaker and editor. His writing has been featured in the Guardian, Time Out, GQ, Film4, Word magazine and the Big Issue, among others. In 2001, he co-authored Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties and in 2018 edited Scala Cinema

Maria was born in Sierra Leone. She grew up in Freetown, and started helping her mother prepare family meals from about nine years of age. Inspired by her heritage, Maria reinvents traditional African dishes to create high end Afro-fusion cuisine. She is renowned for her “Salone Spark” and “Salone Fire” sauces which, along with her

Vanessa was born in Guadeloupe to a Guadeloupian mother and Martiniquan father. Vanessa moved to Europe when she was seventeen and worked as a model for seven years while studying Marketing and Publishing. In 2011, she founded Carib Gourmet, a company specialising in luxury Caribbean food and confectionery. Vanessa has won two Great Taste Awards for

Yvonne was born in Pennsylvania and raised in New Jersey. She moved to Maryland and is currently living in Yorkshire with her family. Yvonne holds an MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She is an Associate Teaching Professor and Academic Director of Creative Writing for