Independent Women - a night with Rough Trade Books

Anna Whitwham‘s just released memoir telling the story of her lifelong interest in boxing and how she used this whilst dealing with the grief of losing her mother to cancer, is a beautiful and at times brutal insight into the human body and mind.

Ella Frear‘s email slash poem slash manifesto on people and place and that which we call home in the form of an extended correspondence to her landlord is witty yet touchingly real.

Jen Calleja‘s theory of ‘Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode‘ is a mixed media collection of playful writing that takes apart everything we
know and makes it something we actually see.

Sharon Hunjan is a force – her poems play with the notion of language as she weaves a world that is both funny and touching. ‘Open Mouths‘ was inspired by a frozen screen during a lockdown video call, but her poems are anything but icy.

Sheena Patel‘s debut novel ‘I’m a Fan‘ was the 2022/2023 runaway hit with a dozen nominations and awards under its belt. A fiercely sharp and angry narrative of observation that circles round obsession, social media, race and class in today’s society that still manages to be funny and sexy at the same time.