Adam will be giving Kirkgate Market a voice in To Market, To Market
Adam Lowe is a writer and publisher who has been nominated for four Lambda Awards and three British Fantasy Awards. In 2008 his magazine, Polluto, was awarded a Spectrum Award. Adam is also a 2011 finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. He has been writer in residence at the I Love West Leeds Festival, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Zion Arts Centre. He writes for several national magazines and does freelance marketing for Peepal Tree Press.
Adam is a graduate of Street Voices and an active member of Young Inscribe. He regularly delivers workshops and runs an ongoing mentoring programme for new writers. Because of his work in the region, he is a Youth Ambassador for the Cultural Olympiad. Last year his debut novella, Troglodyte Rose, was released in limited hardback by Cadaverine Publications. An expanded novel-length edition is due in 2012 from Lethe Press. Adam’s academic writing has appeared at University of Glasgow’s eSharp and is forthcoming in Queering the Fantastic.
To Market, To Market
Leeds Kirkgate Market is alive with movement, from the bustling shoppers to the trade routes that trace their way to Yorkshire from all over the world. The gifted writers of Young Inscribe will seek out the stories of Kirkgate’s people: from Victorian characters like ‘Cheap Jack’ and Mr Marks & Mr Spencer to the traders...
