Join editor Ra Page as he chats to authors Divya Ghelani, Luan Goldie and lisa luxx about the history and inspiration behind their stories in The Cuckoo Cage alongside special preview readings.
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Divya Ghelani is a writer who holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and an MPhil in Literary Studies from the University of Hong Kong. Her novel-in-progress has been longlisted and shortlisted for four literary awards. She lives between the UK and Berlin and is Programme Associate for the UK’s leading literary salon, the Word Factory. She is lead writer and researcher on a HLF-funded exhibition and storytelling project about the 1974 strike at Imperial Typewriters. Her words are in Issue One of The Good Journal. She is represented by Niki Chang at The Good Literary Agency.
Luan Goldie was born in Glasgow but has lived in East London for most of her life. She is a primary school teacher, and formerly a business journalist. She is the winner of the Costa Short Story Award 2017 for her story 'Two Steak Bakes and Two Chelsea Buns'. Her short stories have also been long and short listed by Spread the Word and the Grazia/Women's Prize First Chapter competition. Nightingale Point is her debut novel.
lisa luxx is an activist and poet of British and Syrian heritage. Her poems are published in The Telegraph, The London Magazine and by publishers including Hatchette and Saqi Books. Her work is broadcast on Channel 4, BBC Radio 4 and TEDx. In 2021 she toured UK theatres with the show for her 60-minute poem Eating the Copper Apple, produced by a team of all Arab women artists. Her debut book Fetch Your Mother’s Heart is out now through Out-Spoken Press. Her short stories have been developed and published by Comma Press.
18 сен 2024
