Stories From the Midnight Zone

Ben Pester

part of ALSO 2022

00:00 - 01:00 9 Jul 2022

Join us for a late-night literary salon where stories light the contours of the ordinary world with a shimmering unreality with acclaimed author of AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE?, Ben Pester. Be introduced to new works from established writers and interesting works from new writers all curated by Ben in this relaxed, late-night cocktail bar venue.

Stories From the Midnight Zone features:

Ben Pester - Ben Pester’s debut short story collection Am I in the Right Place? was published in 2021 by Boiler House Press. His work has appeared in The London Magazine, Granta, Hotel, Five Dials and elsewhere.

Jack Underwood - Jack Underwood is author of Happiness (Faber 2015) Solo for Mascha Voice (Test Centre, 2018) and A Year in the New Life (Faber 2021). His debut work of non-fiction, NOT EVEN THIS, was published by Corsair in 2021. He is co-presenter and curator of the Faber Poetry Podcast and is a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College.

Anna Wood - Anna Wood writes short stories. She lives in London and dreams of communal living. She is the author of the story colleciton, Yes Yes, More More (Indigo Press 2021)

Dizz Tate - Dizz Tate is a writer living in London, after growing up in Orlando. Her fiction has been published in Granta, The Stinging Fly, Dazed and No Tokens Journal, amongst others. She won the Bristol short story prize in 2018, and was long-listed for the Sunday Times Short Award in 2020. Her first novel, Brutes, is forthcoming from Faber and Catapult in early 2023.

Venetia Welby - Venetia Welby is the author of two novels, Dreamtime (Salt, 2021) and Mother of Darkness (Quartet, 2017). Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The Irish Times, Spectator, London Magazine and anthologies Garden Among Fires and Trauma, among others.

Sussie Anie - Sussie Anie's writing has been published in Lolwe, and was shortlisted for the 2020 White Review Short Story Prize. She was recipient of the University of East Anglia 2018-19 Kowitz Scholarship for creative writing. Her debut novel, To Fill a Yellow House is coming Summer 2022 from Phoenix Books.

Claire Carroll - Claire Carroll's fiction has been published by Short Fiction Journal, Lunate and Gutter Magazine amongst others, and was shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize in 2021.

Search out their books in the ALSO in-festival book shop...