Profiled writers

A pioneer in coaching in resilience and creative writing.

Vaseem Khan is the author of the bestselling Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series featuring Indian detective, Ashwin Chopra and his baby elephant sidekick.

Muhammad Khan is an engineer, a secondary-school maths teacher, and a YA author.

Poet

Poet

Benjamin is currently developing scripts for theatre, film and TV

Patrice Lawrence wants to show that she's had a good experience of publishing and give people hope that they can tell their stories.

Nicôle Lecky is a writer, actor, and singer-songwriter

A poet, essayist and memoirist

Hannah Lowe writes poems that shimmer with sleight of hand, inventiveness and insight

A writer and comedian

Poet Nick Makoha's debut collection, Kingdom of Gravity, was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and was one of the Guardian’s best books of the year.

Anjum Malik uses fact to fiction, food, real stories of hard to reach people, as well as pure creativity to inspire her writing.

Writer of novels, short stories, poems and plays

Poet, novelist

A debut novelist of Caribbean descent who grew up in Bristol, UK.

A visual artist, poet and playwright

From disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witness to sex worker to acclaimed debut novelist.

Mara Menzies is a performance storyteller

Author of children's literature

Kiran Millwod Hargrave writes fresh fables from re-invented worlds, spun with magic, friendship and family.

A Somali-British novelist excavating the relics of shared history.

An author of crime novels

A theatre-maker, writer, director, rapper, beatboxer, live looper and singer

Philip Nanton is a writer and spoken-word performer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines who lives in Barbados.

Author, screenwriter, playwright, creative writing tutor, literary activist

novelist, short story writer, poet

Writer, actor, comedian

Derek Owusu is an award-winning writer and poet from North London.

A writer and poet of Ghanaian and English heritage who lives in south-west England

Ingrid Persaud is a Costa Prize winning novelist and short story writer of rare, meticulous care and mischief.

A playwright, screen writer, novelist and essayist

Poet and novelist

An Afropean writer, photographer and BBC broadcaster

Journalist and author

A British-Colombian writer currently based in New York City.

Roger Robinson is a multi award-winning poet from Trinidad now living in Britain.

An award winning Trinidadian-born British writer of novels, essays, literary journalism and a memoir

Carol Russell is a TV writer, traditional storyteller and consultant.

author, journalist and broadcaster

SF Said is a novelist

An author and science writer who has been inspired by India's left-leaning investigative journalists.

Annabelle Sami is a writer, director, producer and performer.

Novelist and short-story writer

Medical doctor and fiction writer

A British-American poet, performer and playwright.

An author and screenwriter who sees stories as ‘political beasts’ offering ‘windows and mirrors’ to the world.

Sacred teacher and writer

A writer and literary activist

Umi Sinha is a British-Indian novelist and lecturer in creative writing. Her recent writing has focused on identity and belonging.