Writing The Family

Explore how to write about family with authenticity in contemporary fiction with Yvvette Edwards, author of Good Good Loving. Through inspiring writing exercises, you’ll reflect on how to create and represent the modern family in all its complexity and forms.

Yvvette Edwards is a British East Londoner of Montserratian origin and author of two novels, A Cupboard Full of Coats and The Mother. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and broadcast on radio. Her work has been nominated for a number of literary awards including the Booker Prize. She is particularly interested in writing that challenges the single narrative, giving voice to characters who are absent or under-represented in contemporary fiction. Yvvette was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020.