Preserving the Unicorn 2016

Preserving the Unicorn is our panel of literary authors and their editors. 

They will discuss how they work together when the text, at first sight, defies conventional wisdom about how a narrative ‘should’ be put together. Ground-breaking novels, by their nature, break the rules. How does an editor work to hone such a text, without destroying the unique magic the author has created?

17th September at Lift Youth Hub, 45 White Lion Street, nr Angel Tube, Islington N1 9PW

Our Final Panel, closing the day at 17:00

	Alex Pheby was born in Essex, but moved to Worcester in his early childhood. He currently lives with his wife and two children in London, where he teaches at the University of Greenwich. Playthings was described as "simply a superb novel" in the Literary Review, "compelling" in The Guardian, glowingly reviewed throughout the UK press, and shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome Prize.	Review on Book Muse UK
	Alex's Editor, Sam Jordison is a journalist, publisher and writer. He is the co-director of award-winning Galley Beggar Press. He writes for The Guardian and TLS. He is the author of several works of non-fiction, his latest is called Literary London and is co-written with Eloise Millar.
	Sunny Singh is an author and journalist. She also teaches creative writing at London Metropolitan University. One unusual aspect to the development of her novel, Hotel Arcadia, was the role of Sunny’s Dutch translator in the editing process. Sunny was born in India, and has lived in Pakistan, Spain, South Africa, Latin America and the US.	Review on BookMuse UK
	Rohan Quine is a writer of literary fiction with a touch of magical realism and a dusting of horror, celebrating the beauty, darkness and mirth of this predicament called life, where we seem to have been dropped without sufficient consultation ahead of time. Publications: The Imagination Thief (novel); The Platinum Raven, The Host in the Attic, Apricot Eyes, and Hallucination in Hong Kong (four novellas); and the upcoming Hollywood canyons novel (actual title yet to be confirmed), now barrelling down the pipeline. Reviews, lists of retailers, latest info and other fun at www.rohanquine.com facebook.com/RohanQuineTheImaginationThief | @RohanQuine	Review of Rohan's novel, The Imagination Thief, on BookMuse UK
	Rohan's editor, Dan Holloway is a poet, novelist, journalist, editor and performer. Dan loves the writing and research process but comes into his own when given a microphone. He is the rabble rouser in chief of The New Libertines, who have been touring the UK’s festivals and fringes since 2011. In 2010, he won the international spoken prose show Literary Death Match and competed at the 2016 UK National Poetry Slam Final at the Royal Albert Hall. He also runs the editing and copywriting business Rogue Interrobang, working with academics and non-fiction writers.

Preserving the Unicorn will be chaired by Catriona Troth of Triskele Books. Catriona interviews authors and playwrights for Words with Jam magazine and reviews books for Book Muse UK.