SARAH BUTLER has three novels published by Picador in the UK and 14 international publishers: Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love (2013) and Before The Fire (2015). In November 2018, she published a novella, Not Home, written in conversation with people living in unsupported temporary accommodation in Manchester. Her latest novel, Jack and Bet, was published by Picador in spring 2020.
Her work explores ideas of home, belonging, identity, family and urban landscapes. She is currently a CHASE Scholar in Creative Writing at the Open University and lectures part-time in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has taught creative writing in Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium; at many UK Universities including University College London, University of Manchester and University of Cambridge, and run creative writing workshops in community settings in London and Manchester.
She also explores the relationship between writing and place through participatory projects, heading up the Urban Words literature consultancy. Recent writing residencies include writer-in-residence on London Underground’s Central line; at Great Ormond Street Hospital; and Stories From The Road – a project exploring personal stories of Oxford Road, Manchester.
- Area of expertise: literary & literary/commercial crossover fiction; short stories
- Location: Manchester
- Possible meeting places: Manchester Central Library or Whitworth Gallery
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