Book description
In a unique take on the London anthology 33 East features 16 brand
new short stories for the whole of east London, from Enfield in the
north to Bromley in the south.
There is an act of heroism in Havering, a haunting in Tower
Hamlets, a plan to thwart the renaming of West Ham station in Newham,
and a philosophical approach to adultery in Lewisham. These are
stories of movement and change that capture the individuality of each
borough and the diversity of London better than any camera. Together
with 33 West, which includes stories from Barnet to Croydon, 33 East
is an unparalleled achievement. This is no small feat. This is London.
Susannah Rickards lived in east London for fifteen years but now
lives south of the river. Her debut collection of short stories won the
Scott Prize and will be published by Salt in October this year. Stella
Duffy has written twelve novels, forty short stories, and eight plays.
Her latest novel, Theodora, is published by Virago in summer 2010. In
addition to her writing work, Stella is an actor and theatre director.
She lives in south London with her wife, the writer Shelley Silas.
Kadija Sesay is the founder of SABLE LitMag, editor of several
anthologies and series editor for Inscribe, (a Peepal Tree Press
imprint). Her poetry short stories and essays have appeared in
anthologies and journals in the UK, US and Africa and have been
broadcast on BBC World Service. Uchenna Izundu is an energy journalist;
her short stories have been published in IC3: Penguin Book of New Black
Writing in Britain; Tell Tales: Vol I; the anthology of short
stories; Fathers & Daughters: an anthology of exploration, and Sable
Litmag. Her work has also been broadcast on BBC World Service. Bobby
Nayyar was born in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1979. He was published in
the anthology Mango Shake (Tindal Street, 2006) as well as in journals
and magazines. He's been based in London since 2005 first in north
London, now east. In October 2009 he founded Glasshouse Books. Ariana
Mouyiaris is a born and bred New Yorker who has lived in five countries
and traveled to countless others in search of the perfect neighborhood
to hang her hat. Hopefully hybrid and constantly searching for
imaginative narratives, she is always looking for an excuse to keep her
camera snapping and a cabbie to tell her how things have changed. Angela
Clerkin is a writer and performer. Her screenplay Head Over Heels is
currently under option and she has two plays in development. Angela also
regularly freelances for The Green and Westside magazines. TV
appearances include: The Office, EastEnders, Sugar Rush, My Family and
Dalziel & Pascoe. Tabitha Potts was brought up and attended two
schools in east London before going on to Oxford University where she
gained a First in English Language and Literature. She lives with her
family in Tower Hamlets, where she also runs a business, Mimimyne.
