Writers Directory

This database was created to provide a snapshot of contemporary British Literature, offering unique critical perspectives of the work of some of the writers living and working in the UK today. Our website is currently under review and as a result we are not updating the database or adding new entries at this time.  Please check our blog pages for updates on our current Literature programmes. 

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Jack Ian Credit The Guardian web

Ian Jack became the editor of Granta magazine in 1995, and remained in the post until 2007. Previous...

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Howard Jacobson c Jenny Jacobson web

Born in Manchester, England in 1942, novelist and broadcaster Howard Jacobson was educated at Cambri...

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Jamie Kathleen Eamonn McCabe

Kathleen Jamie was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1962. She studied philosophy at Edinburgh Unive...

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From figurative painting and installation to illustration and picture-book making, Oliver Jeffers’ w...

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Alan Jenkins was born in Surrey in 1955 and brought up in London. He studied at the University of Su...

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Catherine Johnson Image web

Catherine Johnson is a novelist and screenwriter who lives in London. She was born in 1962 and studi...

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Born in Dublin in 1930, Jennifer Johnston's first published novel was The Captains and the Kings (19...

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Kathleen Jones has published poetry, feature articles and short fiction in a variety of magazines in...

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Susanna Jones was born in 1967 and grew up in Yorkshire. She studied drama at London University wher...

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CJ Alice Fiorilli

Cynan Jones was born in 1975 near Aberaeron, Wales where he now lives and works. His first novel was...

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Gareth Phillips Jones was born 30th December, 1973 in the semi-mythical city of Birmingham. At the t...

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Born in Sheffield, Owen spent his childhood in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Degree studies took hi...

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The poet Emma Jones was born in Sydney and studied at the universities of Sydney and Cambridge. Her ...

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Anthony Joseph c Edwige Hamben web

Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born poet, musician and lecturer. In 2004, he was chosen by Decibel and...

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Anjali Joseph c C J Humphries

Anjali Joseph was born in Bombay in 1978. Her family moved to England in 1985 and she later studied ...

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Alan Judd (real name Alan Edwin Petty) was born in the UK in 1946. A graduate of Oxford University, ...

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