Olumide Popoola is a Nigerian German writer of long and short fiction, based in London. Her publications include essays, poetry, short stories, the novella this is not about sadness and the play text Also by Mail. She lectures in creative writing, currently as associate lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London.

www.olumidepopoola.com

Born in Zambia and raised in Zimbabwe, Annie Holmes left southern Africa and filmmaking to enrol in a writing programme in California. Her short fiction has been published in Zimbabwe and the United States, and she has co-edited two collections of oral narratives in McSweeney’s Voice of Witness series: Hope Deferred and Underground America. She lives in the UK.

Twitter @AnnieHolmesLit