Others

A vital anthology of prose and poetry that dares us to see the world –  and ourselves  – through someone else's eyes

‘Others . . . takes us into the lives, minds and stories of those whose experiences may well not be our own, it is a call for empathy, a call to understand each other, a call to listen' Robin Ince

It doesn't take much familiarity with the news to see that the world has become a more hate-filled place. In Others, a group of writers explore the power of words to help us to see the world as others see it, and to reveal some of the strangeness of our own selves.

Through stories, poems, memoirs and essays, we look at otherness in a variety of its forms, from the dividing lines of politics and the anonymising forces of city life, through the disputed identities of disability, gender and neurodiversity, to the catastrophic imbalances of power that stand in the way of social equality.

Whether the theme is a casual act of racism or an everyday interaction with someone whose experience seems impossible to imagine, the collection challenges us to recognise our own otherness to those we would set apart as different.

‘I cannot think of a time in living memory when this book would have been more urgent or more necessary’ Sarah Perry 

‘How do we live with the self that we’ve lost, or how do we dignify others with undue self-regard? These are some of the ambitious contemplations examined by the profound, witty and tender accounts in Others’ Daljit Nagra

‘A rich, thought-provoking collection of writings against hate and in support of harmony; if ever there were a book for our unsettling times, Others is it’ Saba Salman

‘An eclectic collection of pieces in which a diverse range of writers explore forms of otherness, and employ their ways with words to encourage us to see beyond ourselves’ The Bookseller

‘A book to give to everyone you love’ Daisy Johnson

Paperback: 272pp

Published: Wilton Square (July 2019) 

ISBN: 9781783527519