Jonathan Taylor

Welcome to the website of the author Jonathan Taylor.

I am author of the novel Entertaining Strangers (Salt, 2012), and the memoir Take Me Home: Parkinson’s, My Father, Myself (Granta Books, 2007). My poetry collection, Musicolepsy, is published by Shoestring Press in April 2013; my short story collection, Kontakte and Other Stories, is forthcoming from Roman Books in July 2013.

I am editor of the anthology of short stories Overheard: Stories to Read Aloud (Salt, November 2012).

I am also Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in the U.K., and co-director of arts organisation and small publisher Crystal Clear Creators. In this latter role, I am general editor of Hearing Voices Magazine, and the Crystal Pamphlets series.

You can see more details about me and my work here.

I hope you enjoy exploring my site. Please do get in touch with any questions or comments about the site or my work.

Recent News

Poetry collection published

My poetry collection, Musicolepsy, has now been published by Shoestring Press.

You can see more details about Musicolepsy either here, or at Shoestring Press.

You can read excerpts from Musicolepsy on Michelle McGrane’s website, Peony Moon.

 

 

Novel shortlisted for award

My novel, Entertaining Strangers, published by Salt, has been shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2013. You can see more information about the novel, read an excerpt, watch a trailer, and order it on the publisher’s website here, or you can order it from Amazon here.

Anthology shortlisted for award

The anthology of stories Overheard: Stories to Read Aloud (Salt, 2012) has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Fiction Anthology’ category in the Saboteur Awards 2013. You can see more details of the awards, and vote for the winners, here.

Poems on Radio 3

My poem ‘Record Shop, Lime Street, Liverpool’ was featured on BBC Radio 3′s Breakfast programme on Wednesday 16 January 2013. My poem ‘On Hearing Glenn Gould Play the First Nine Bars of J. S. Bach’s Praeludium 8′ was featured on BBC Radio 3′s Words and Music programme on Sunday 3 March.

Interviews and articles

You can read a new interview with me about becoming a writer on Kelcey Parker’s excellent site How to Become a Writer. You can read an interview about my novel on Conversations With Writers. You can read an article about the research behind my novel on Necessary Fiction.

The Independent

My review of Sue Hubbard’s novel Girl in White was published on 29 November 2012 in The Independent Newspaper. My review of Jenn Ashworth’s novel The Friday Gospels was published on 26 February 2013, also in The Independent Newspaper.

Hearing Voices Magazine

The new, fifth issue of Hearing Voices Magazine, edited by myself and Maria Taylor, is now published by Crystal Clear Creators.Hearing Voices Magazine , vol. 5, features poetry and short fiction by Myra Schneider, Melissa Lee-Houghton, Michael Waters, John Hoppenthaler, Robert Graham, Rory Waterman, C. J. Allen, Angela France, Lisa Mansell, and many others. You can order it here.