Nearly City by Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence (Nearly City) is a writer and educator from Hackney, currently based in Norwich. While working as a secondary school English teacher, he completed his MA in Creative Writing and Publishing and is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia. His debut novel The 392 was released with OWN IT! in April 2019. His second novel Your Show, a novelisation of the early life and career of former Premier League football referee Uriah Rennie, is to be released with Faber in Spring 2022.

Ashley's work appears in Issue 6 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.