Commonword/Cultureword Writers Gallery 

We are grateful to the following writers whose success has helped us deliver our promise to ‘help new writers become more successful’.   Over time we will flesh out their contribution with facts, figures, quotations and links. This list is by no means exhaustive.  It’s only a fraction of the people we have helped and who have helped us.

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A

Abi Idowu

Adam Lowe

Afshan D’souza-Lodhi 

Alex Webb

Ali Gadema

Ali Raza Ilyas

Almira Holmes

Amma Priscilla Mante

Anna Percy

Anjum Malik

Anwen Lewis

Asif Majid

 

B

Basir Kazmi

Becky Prestwich Hine

Ben Mellor

Bethany Hermitt 

Bren Lucas

Bridget Blankley

Brigid Rose

Buzrak Mabrak

 

C

Cam Tsang

Cath Staincliffe

Cathy Bolton

Chanje Kunda

Char March

Charles Bennett

Charlotte Gringras

Charlotte Maxwell

Cheryl Martin

Chris Jam

Chris Scholes

Christina Fonthes

Claire Hynes

Clare Ramsaran

Clare Weze

Col Bashir

Conor Aylward

Copland Smith

Courttia Newland

 

D

Dale Hannah

Daniella Edwards

David Evans

Deanne Heron

Deborah Cooper

Deborah Sabina

Desiree Reynolds

Deyika Nzeribe

Dike Omeje 1972-2007

Dinesh Pun

Dipali Das

Dominic Berry

 

E

Eileen Pun

Elizabeth Baines

Elmi Ali

Emma Nuttal

Emma Purshouse

Emma-Jane Arkady

 

F

Felicity Clayton

Fereshteh Mozaffari

Firoozeh Fozouni

Fokkina McDonnell

 

G

Geli Berg

George Kirk

Georgina Simmons

Gift Nyoni

Gill Haigh

Gillian Forrester

 

H

Hafsah Aneela Bashir

Heena Patel

Henry Normal

Honey Stavonhagen

Hua Zi

Humairaa Dudhwala

 

I

Iqra Choudhry

Isaiah Hull

 

J

Jackie Hagan

Jackie Kay

Jane Bradley

Janna Hoag

Jean Sprackland

Jeanne Ellin

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Jenny Hibberd AKA Hibword

Jo Stanley

Joan Ncube

John Lyons

John Myatt

John Siddique

Jolivia Gaston

Jon Compliant

Jonas Otto

Jude Ensaff

Julia Davis

Julian Daniel

 

K

Kadija Sesay

Kanta Walker

Katie Haigh

Kayleigh Kavanagh

Kei Miller

Keisha Thompson

Kenya Sterling

Khadijah Ibrahiim

Khadijah Rehman

Kim Wiltshire

Kofi Gyamfi

Kooj Chuhan

Koushik Banerjea

 

L

Lathifa Baumgartner

Laura Sinclair

Leah Burke

Leah Thorn

Lemn Sissay MBE

Lerah Mae Barcenilla

Liz Almond

Liz Kirby

Lois Keith

Louise Fazackerley

Louise Wallwein

Louise Wilford

Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

Lynn Walton

Lynne Taylor

 

M

M. R. Thomas

Maeve Clark

Magda Knight

Maggie Cobbett

Mahboobeh Rajabi

Mahogany L Browne

Maliha Neesa

Marcela Hervia

Marie Guise Williams

Mark Mace Smith

Mark Sullivan

Mary Sharratt

Matthew Curry

Maya Chowdhry

Mei Yuk Wong

Melanie Duncan

Meshach Brencher

Mian Mohammad Bakhsh

Micah Yongo

Mish Green

Mike Duff

Mike Garry

Milethia Thomas

Misha Herwin

Morgan Bailey

Muli Amaye

 

N

Nabila Jameel

Nabila Suriya

Nadeem Zafar

Naomi Sumner

Naveed Mir

Neil McCall

Nii Ayikwei Parkes

 

O

Olatunde Madsen

Ovie Jobome

 

P

Pam Leeson

Paris Kaur

Pat Winslow

Patricia Snake

Paul ‘revporl’ Stevens

Pauline Omoboye

PD Cookson

Penny Montague

P-P Hartnett

 

Q

Qaisra Shahraz

 

R

Rachel Connor

Rachel Halsall

Raven Maguire

Rebecca Audra Smith

Rebecca Zahabi

Reece Williams

Rohan Agalawatta

Roopa Farooki

Rosie Garland

Rowena Fan

 

S

Saqib Deshmukh

Sarah Gbeleyi

Sarah Thomasin

Saundra Daniel

Scorcha

 

Segun Lee French

Seni Seneviratne

Shahid Iqbal Khan

Shahireh Sharif

Shamshad Khan

Sherry Ashworth

Shirley May

Shirley Percy

Simon De Courcey

Simon Murray

Sonia Hughes

Sophie Hannah

Steve Garside

Steve Waling

SuAndi

Sue Napolitano

Sue Stern

Susannah Marshall

Suzanne Batty

Suzanne Elvidge

 

T

Tariq Mehmood

Tina Tamsho-Thomas

Titilopemi Wete

Tony Walsh

Tsariye Doro

 

U

 

V

Valarie Bartley

Vijay Medtia

 

W

Winston Plowes

 

X

 

Y

Yasmin Babiker

Yolanda Mercy

Yusra Warsama

Yvonne Battle-Felton

Yvonne McCalla

 

Z

Zahid Hussain

Zodwa Nyoni