Niven is the author of four books. Including All the Days And Nights, and Black Bread White Beer. He has also been featured in Best British Short Stories 2017. He is currently working on his next novel.
NIVEN'S BOOK CHOICES:
Niven tweets @Niven_Govinden. You should also check out the Tumblr for Black Bread White Beer
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Dan is the author of 'Climbing Days' in which he retraces the steps of his great-great-aunt and uncle, the mountaineers Dorothy Pilley and I.A. Richards . He is also the author of 'The Beechwood Airship Interviews', and co-authored 'Holloway' with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. He is currently working on his next book, Outpost.
DAN'S BOOK CHOICES:
But Beautiful by Geoff Dyer
The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Dan tweets @Dan_Zep
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Darran is the author of 'Imaginary Cities', an exploration of metropolis, imagination, and the symbiosis within. It was published by Influx Press. His second book, Tidewrack will be released on the 8th of March 2018 from Chatto & Windus. It is the second in a trilogy of books about cities. He is a Contributing Editor for White Noise Magazine.
DARRAN'S BOOK CHOICES:
Darran tweets prolifically @Oniropolis and you can visit his website for more information about what he's up to.
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Joanna Walsh is a writer of fiction and non, fiction. Her latest book, 'Worlds From The Words End', is available now from And Other Stories. She has been published in a number of magazines, including Granta Magazine, Gorse Journal, and the Dublin Review. She is also a contributing editor at 3:AM Magazine and Catapult.co.
You can read her experimental digital novella 'Seed' for free here.
JOANNA'S BOOK CHOICES:
Joanna tweets @badaude. You can find out all about her on her website. She also runs the twitter account @read_women
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Dan is a writer and journalist. His first novel 'The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas' is currently available for pre-order from the wonderful Dead Ink Books. You can pre-order your copy of Ezra Maas, as well as four other excellent new titles, by visiting Dead Ink's Site.
DAN'S BOOK CHOICES:
Dan tweets @DanJamesWriter. You can find out all about him on his website.
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Cassandra is a writer of fantastic stories that blend cultures, mythologies, and the modern world together in wonderful ways. The sequel to her fantastic novella 'Hammers on Bone' will be out in August 2017, and she is also one of the writers for the eagerly anticipated '2084' from Unsung Stories.
CASSANDRA'S BOOK CHOICES:
Cassandra tweets @CassKhaw. You can find out all about her work, both existing and upcoming, on her website.
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This month I'm joined by novelist Helen McClory. Helen's novel, Flesh of the Peach, is available now from Freight Books. She is also the author of On The Edges of Vision, a collection of short stories.
HELEN'S BOOK CHOICES:
Helen tweets @HelenMcClory and you can find out more about her on her website. She also curates a wonderful TinyLetter with essays on under-hyped books.
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Sarah is an Online Editor at The Bookseller, and writes about books for Stylist Magazine. She is also the co-founder of BAME in publishing, a network for people who are from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and who work in the UK publishing industry, to come together and connect.
SARAH'S BOOK CHOICES:
Pippa tweets @sarahshaffi and you can find out more about her on her website.
Pippa is a Novelist and Short Story writer with a PhD in Astronomy. She was awarded a New Writers Award in 2012 by the Scottish Book Trust and her novel 'The Falling Sky' was runner-up in the Dundee International Book Prize. Her latest collection, 'The Need For Better Regulation Of Outer Space', is clever and entertaining, exploring untold stories about science and scientists.
PIPPA'S BOOK CHOICES:
Pippa tweets @goldipipschmidt and you can find out more about her and her upcoming projects on her website.
Martine is a novelist and the Programme Leader of the MA in Creative Writing & Publishing at the University of Sussex. Her previous novels are 'After Pheonix' and 'I Have Waited and You Have Come'. Her latest novel, Narcissism for Beginners was released earlier this month from Unbound.
MARTINE'S BOOK CHOICES:
Martine Tweets @MartineM_Writer and you can find out more about her, her writing, and upcoming events on her website.
Paul is the Editor of 'Elsewhere', a journal of place. His latest book, 'Ghosts on the Shore: Travels along Germany's Baltic Coast' will be published in June by Influx Press. You can find much of his writing about place on the website 'Caught by the River'.
Paul Tweets @underagreysky and @seeyouelsewhere
Irenosen is the author of two books. Her novel 'Butterfly Fish' won a 2016 Betty Trask Award, and her short story collection 'Speak Gigantular' is Longlisted for the inaugural Jhalak prize. Both books are published by Jacaranda Books.
IRENOSEN'S BOOK CHOICES:
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn (Abacus)
Glyph - Percival Everett (Graywolf Press)
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen - Marilyn Chin (Penguin)
She tweets @IrenosekOkojie and you can visit her website for more information.
SHOW NOTES:
Mentioned: Ishmael Reed
What Irenosen's reading at the moment: Kevin Barry's Beatlebone