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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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Nicholas Blincoe

Nicholas Blincoe was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1965, and studied at art college and for a PhD...

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Valerie Bloom

Valerie Bloom was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1979.She studied English with African and C...

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Robyn Bolam

Robyn Bolam (formerly published as Marion Lomax) was born in Newcastle in 1953 and grew up in Northu...

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Denis Bond

Denis Bond first worked as an actor on stage and in television, then became a teacher for some years...

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Malika Booker
Malika Booker

Malika Booker is a writer, spoken word and multidisciplinary artist, whose work spans literature, ed...

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Stephen Booth
Stephen Booth

Stephen Booth was born in Burnley and brought up in Blackpool, Lancashire.After graduating from Birm...

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Sean Borodale

Sean Borodale was born in London in 1973 and lives in Liverpool and Ireland. He works as a poet and ...

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Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler is the author of several prize-winning books for children, teenagers and young adults. Hi...

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Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce was born in Liverpool and studied English at Oxford University. He first worked...

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William Boyd

William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, on 7 March 1952. He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Glasg...

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Michael Bracewell

Writer, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell was born in London in 1958. Educated at ...

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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg

Broadcaster, writer and novelist Melvyn Bragg was born on 6 October, 1939 in Wigton, Cumbria, in the...

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Carys Bray

Carys Bray was brought up in a strict Mormon family in Southport, Lancashire, England, where she sti...

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Jean Binta Breeze

Jean 'Binta' Breeze was born in Jamaica in 1957. She studied at the Jamaican School of Drama with Mi...

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Chaz Brenchley

Chaz Brenchley was born in 1959 in Oxford. In his early twenties, he wrote for a variety of teenage ...

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Theresa Breslin

Theresa Breslin is the critically acclaimed author of over 30 books whose work has been filmed for t...

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Simon Brett

Simon Brett was born in Surrey and studied English at Oxford University. He worked as a producer in ...

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Raymond Briggs
Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs was born in London in 1934, and studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade Scho...

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Bill Broady

Bill Broady lives and works in Yorkshire. His first novel, Summer (2000), tells the story of a girl ...

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Christopher Brookmyre

Novelist Christopher Brookmyre was born in Glasgow on 6 September 1968 and educated at Glasgow Unive...

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