Authors

Ramón Chao

Ramón Chao (born 1935 in Vilalba, Lugo) was a Galician writer who emigrated to France in 1956 in order to escape Francisco Franco’s regime. He was chief editor for the Latin American service of Radio France Internationale, and used to work for Le ..

M Y Alam

Yunis Alam is the author of three novels, Annie Potts is Dead, Kilo and Red Laal. He has had several short stories published and is the editor of Made in Bradford and The Invisible Village, pioneering works of oral history. He is a researcher, lectur..

Sophie Coulombeau

Sophie Coulombeau was brought up in Manchester. She studied at Trinity College, Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently worked for the British Civil Service in London and the European Commission in Brussels. She has a PhD English L..

Ada Wilson

Ada Wilson is a writer, journalist and musician. He signed to a major record label at the age of 16 with his band Strangeways. His novels Red Army Faction Blues, Very Acme and The Righteous Brother are published by Route. He edited the acclaimed 1998..

Michelle Scally Clarke

Michelle Scally Clarke is a performance poet based in Leeds. Her turbulent early life was recounted in I Am, a memoir written when she was 30 years old. Her first full collection She Is was published in 2003. Both books are published by Route and con..

Anthony Cropper

Anthony Cropper is the author of the short story collection Nature’s Magician and has published two novels, Jack and Sal and Weatherman and co-created the creative writing guide book The Accidental Memoir with Eve Makis. He has co-edited three collec..

Anne Scargill

Anne Scargill has devoted much of her life to direct action. From the days of the coal miners’ strike, through to helping the homeless to volunteering for the local hospice, she believes actions always speak louder than words. Books: Anne & Be..

Betty Cook

Betty Cook is a proud daughter of the coalfields. She learned all she knows about community and activism on her journey from Brick Row in the pit village of Woolley. Books: Anne & Betty: United By The Struggle..

Simon Warner

Simon Warner was a lecturer in popular music at the University of Leeds in the UK. A former rock journalist – he was a reviewer with the Guardian from 1992-95 – he is also Director of PopuLUs, the university’s Centre for the Study of the World’s Popu..

Ann Wright

Ann Wright has translated fourteen books from Spanish and French including Motorcycle Diaries, The Fragrance of Guava and I, Rigoberta Menchu. She is an active human rights worker and lectures on the theory and practice of civilian protection. She li..

Idrissa Keïta

Idrissa Keïta was born in 1960 in Bamako, Mali. He is a writer, illustrator and musician. He has published several children’s books in French and two collections of poetry in German. Book: Away From the Light of Day..

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