Publisher's Synopsis
This twelfth volume has been compiled and edited by Jane Rogers, Blake Morrison and Diran Adebayo. Through its annual anthologies of NEW WRITING the British Council launches many new authors and provides a shop window around the world in which vigorous new writing can be viewed. NEW WRITING 12 is the new volume in this series, promoting the best in contemporary literature in the English language in Britain and internationally. It brings together some of the most formidable talents, placing new names alongside more established ones, includes extracts from novels in progress, non-fiction essays, short stories and poetry. Distinctive, innovative and entertaining, it is essential reading for all those interested in British writing today. Some of the contributors for NEW WRITING 12 include Maggie O' Farrell, Barbara Trapido, Helon Habila, Lesley Glaister, Sarah Maguire, Patience Agbabi, Ian Samson and Fred D'Aguiar.
