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Charlotte Gann

is an editor from Sussex. She has an English degree from UCL and an MA in Creative Writing and Personal Development from the University of Sussex. She lived in London for years, working as Editor of Health Which?, among other roles, then moved to Brighton and had two sons. Her pamphlet, The Long Woman (Pighog Press, 2011), was shortlisted for the 2012 Michael Marks Award and her two full collections, Noir (2016) and The Girl Who Cried (2020) are published by HappenStance. She’s a freelance editor, helps on Sphinx Review, and is developing a project she’s calling The Understory Conversation.

    Painting in bright colours showing a copse of trees.

    The forest’s edge

    Charlotte Gann reviews Beyond the Gate by Clare Best (Worple Press, 2023)
    Three pieces of fruit, made out of wood on a pale background. Pretty sure one is a pear and more than 80% sure that another represents an apple. The last could well be a beef tomato, then again a teeny pumpkin fits too.

    You are less separate than you imagine

    Charlotte Gann reviews The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti (Bloodaxe, 2023)
    A a detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’. It's a night scene showing fires and silhouettes of houses. At the bottom right light shines through an archway.

    An empty room

    Charlotte Gann reviews Towards a General Theory of Love by Clare Shaw (Bloodaxe, 2022)
    What does Charlotte Gann say?

    What does Charlotte Gann say?

    I loved it studying English at school. I remember being cast as First Voice in Under Milk Wood in the school play ...
    A dusk sky, lanterns are strung across the image, its all a bit blurred.

    The Understory Conversation: Building Connection

    Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory Conversation
    portion of book cover showing a painting of a long haired person, blue in colour with what appears to be smoke issuing from a hole in the forehead and also the mouth. the figure has a gold halo.

    Rippled ink

    Charlotte Gann reviews Be Feared by Jane Burn (Nine Arches, 2021) 
    a watercolour with multicoloured ribbons with arrow shaped ends swirling on a blue textured background. There are some rectangle frames at a variety of angles.

    The thing itself

    Charlotte Gann reviews When the Swimming Pool Fell in the Sea by Carole Coates (Shoestring, 2021)
    It's written and can't be amended, this book

    It’s written and can’t be amended, this book

    Charlotte Gann reviews The Long Habit of Living by M.R. Peacocke (HappenStance, 2021)
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    29/01/2022

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