Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers

by Kit De Waal (Editor)

Other authors: Paul Allen (Contributor), Damian Barr (Contributor), Ruth Behan (Contributor), Malorie Blackman (Contributor), Astra Bloom (Contributor) — 28 more, Lisa Blower (Contributor), Jill Dawson (Contributor), Louise Doughty (Contributor), Jenny Knight (Contributor), Stuart Maconie (Contributor), Katy Massey (Contributor), Chris McCrudden (Contributor), Lisa McInerney (Contributor), Paul McVeigh (Contributor), Daljit Nagra (Contributor), Julie Noble (Contributor), Dave O'Brien (Contributor), Louise Powell (Contributor), Emma Purshouse (Contributor), Loretta Ramkissoon (Contributor), Cathy Rentzenbrink (Contributor), Riley Rockford (Contributor), Jodie Russian-Red (Contributor), Anita Sethi (Contributor), Adam Sharp (Contributor), Adelle Stripe (Contributor), Eva Verde (Contributor), Lynne Voyce (Contributor), Tony Walsh (Contributor), Alex Wheatle (Contributor), Helen Wilber (Contributor), Elaine Williams (Contributor), Shaun Wilson (Contributor)

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This title is a celebration of working-class voices, bringing together established and emerging writers including Kit de Waal, Malorie Blackman, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Louise Doughty, and Lisa McInerney.

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Another great anthology crowd-funded by Unbound. This one focuses on voices from the British working class. Some names I recognised, others I didn't. There's a mix of humour, serious, poetry, memoir, stories and stats. So a nice mix of short pieces. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
De Waal, Kit	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Allen, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barr, Damian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Behan, Ruth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blackman, Malorie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bloom, Astra	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blower, Lisa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dawson, Jill	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Doughty, Louise	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Knight, Jenny	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maconie, Stuart	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Massey, Katy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McCrudden, Chris	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McInerney, Lisa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McVeigh, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nagra, Daljit	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Noble, Julie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Brien, Dave	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Powell, Louise	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Purshouse, Emma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ramkissoon, Loretta	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rentzenbrink, Cathy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rockford, Riley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Russian-Red, Jodie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sethi, Anita	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sharp, Adam	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stripe, Adelle	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Verde, Eva	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Voyce, Lynne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walsh, Tony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wheatle, Alex	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilber, Helen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, Elaine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilson, Shaun	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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