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 B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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
