About this Event
We are very excited to welcome four more writers to our Chener Readings series:
Mark Bowles grew up between Bradford and Leeds, and went on to study English at Liverpool and Oxford Universities. He currently lives in Brockley. His first novel, , was published by Galley Beggar Press in September 2024; his second, How Do People Stay the Same, came out in July of this year. As well as writing, Mark is a mentor and tutor, working with emerging writers on their manuscripts and drafts.
Karishma Jobanputra is a British-Indian writer currently based in London. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Fiction programme, her work has been listed for the Brick Lane Short Story Prize and the Disquiet Literary Prize for Fiction. The Body of the Thing is her first book.
Hannah Levene is the author of Greasepaint (Nightboat Books, 2024). She has a PhD in Writing exploring the composition of new butch literature. She is currently working on a collaborative novel with D Mortimer titled Abraham’s Bosom. A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and a Pizza Hut is her second novel.
Tice Cin is an interdisciplinary artist and author from North London. Her debut novel Keeping the House (2021) received a Somerset Maugham Award and a London Writers Award, was a Guardian Book of the Year and was shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Desmond Elliot Prize. Its accompanying mixtape having her named as one of Notion Magazines Ones to Watch. Her BBC Radio 4 documentary How Much Can You Say? (2024) won an Audio Production Award. She is the founder of the interdisciplinary production company Neoprene Genie. Cin’s 2nd novel SAFE SPACES was published by Granta in September 2026.
Event venue & nearby stays
Chener Books, 14 Lordship Lane, London, United Kingdom
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