And at last, the launch

Over the last year Alex, Astrid, Josh, Lydia, Owen and Zoe have been meeting with Squad Director Steve Dearden and two grads of the Writing Squad – Katherine Horrex who grew up in Hull and Chaz Josephs who went to study and stayed to work. We talked about the city, we walked round the city and we wrote about the city.

The resulting work, published by Hull’s Wrecking ball Press, is collage of the city and the surrounding area. Cities, like libraries, depend on writers.  Hull has a strong tradition, here is the future.  You can collect your own free copy of the book by attending the launch at the Humber Mouth Literature Festival in Hull Central Library at 16.00 on Sunday November 15th. Book your free tickets here.

We would like to thank Humber Mouth for giving us this opportunity, Hull City Council and Arts Council England for paying for it, and Hull Libraries, not just for hosting our meetings in the James Reckitt Reading Room, but for being one of the few libraries that still seems to know what a vital role they play in promoting new writing and new reading.