The third edition of our Emerging Writers Programme in partnership with the Genesis Foundation culminates in this popular panel event, chaired by Bidisha Mamata.

This year’s writers are: Sean Gilbert, Mariyam Karolia, Harriet Matthews and Susan Royston (fiction),Sharon Kanolik, Angus Reilly and Eleanor Thom(non-fiction); Beth Frieden, Michael Mullen and Evie Ward (poetry).

Their mentors are: Julie Cohen, Ruth Gilligan, Adam Lebor and Sophie Mackintosh (fiction); Helen Fry, Viv Groskop and Keiron Pim (non-fiction); Sarah Blake, Jen Calleja and Michael Pedersen (poetry).