A week today, the York Centre for Writing is hosting a very special event. The Northern Fiction Alliance is an exciting collective of publishers joining together to showcase publishing in the north of England and to challenge London-centric literary culture. While their location is local to us, the reach of these publishers is global: the Alliance includes Peepal Tree Press, a leading publisher of Caribbean writing as well as Black British literature, and Tilted Axis, a pioneering publisher of fiction works in translation in the UK (they recently published the first ever Thai work of fiction translated into English).
Publishers and authors reading on the night will include:
And Other Stories, with Northern Book Prize winner Amy Arnold
Bluemoose Books
Comma Press, with Gaia Holmes
Dead Ink Books, with SJ Bradley
Peepal Tree Press
Tilted Axis Press, with Hamid Ismailov
Valley Press, with Nora Chassler
We would love to see York St John students at the event, so book yourself a free ticket to join us and to find out more about the innovative work these publishers are producing. Tickets are free for students and staff, but booking will help to make sure we have enough wine, so please do! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-fiction-alliance-roadshow-tickets-49640463964