About this Event
Another of our finest STORIE line-ups is now live for November, with blistering new work from Wellcome Collection X Spread the Word Non-Fiction award writer AMMAD BUTT, Edgehill Prize shortisted CHARLIE HILL, Goldsmith’s Prize shortlisted LARA PAWSON & London-based writer, artist & musician PATRICK WRAY.
DR AMMAD BUTT is an NHS Doctor and writer from Birmingham, currently training as a GP. His writing commentates on the NHS, health policy and British politics with a particular focus on immigration and misinformation. His work can be found in The Guardian, Independent, Al Jazeera as well as political magazines such as UnHerd, Tribune and Spectator. In 2025 he was awarded the Wellcome Collection X Spread the Word Non-Fiction award for the book he is currently developing. In 2026, he was selected for the Room 204 Writers programme by Writing West Midlands.
CHARLIE HILL is an internationally-acclaimed author from Birmingham. He specialises in long and short form memoir, and contemporary and experimental fiction. He has been described by Natalie Haynes as 'the chronicler Birmingham needs' and compared by his fellow writers to Kafka, Beckett and Georges M Perec. His second collection of short stories – ‘Encounters With Everyday Madness’ – was shortlisted for the 2024 Edge Hill Prize.
LARA PAWSON is the author of three books. Her most recent, ‘Spent Light’, was shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2024. As a fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, she teaches at the University of East London. She lives in the north east corner of London very close to the forest.
PATRICK WRAY is a multi-disciplinary artist originally from Yorkshire but now based in London. He published the graphic novels 'The Flood that Did Come' (Avery Hill), 'Ghost Stories I Remember' (Colossive Press) amongst others. He also works as a bookseller and has written articles for The Darkside, Record Collector and others. He recently published short stories in 'Peculiar Tales' magazine. In 2021 he released the album 'Learning to Swim' which features 20 songs which are all 20 seconds long.
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KILDER BAR is located at 5 Shaw’s Passage, Digbeth with step-free access via the entrance on Shaw’s Passage.
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