An Audience With: Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a poet, novelist and university lecturer with a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia. His debut novel The 392 was published with OWN IT! in April 2019 and his second novel Your Show was released with Faber in April 2022 and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards. His third book, a young adult novel-in-verse called Wild East, will be released with Penguin in 2024.

Submit your questions for Ashley about writing and publishing literary and YA fiction. Plus, The 392 was published with independent publisher OWN IT!, whereas Ashley's two most recent books are published with big five publishers Faber and Penguin, so submit your questions about independent vs big five publishing.