In this ground-breaking literary project, award-winning authors from Europe, Asia and Africa read for you their own stories and poems; some set in contemporary realism, others in science fiction, fantasy, or disturbing inner worlds. They explore themes of relationships, disability, loss and vengeance with insight & often a good twitch of humour. Scan the qr codes to listen while you read, to hear the rhythms, the tumble of words in a hurry, the spaces where silence does its best work. The Foreword is by Ian McMillan - poet, broadcaster, and presenter of BBC Radio Three's The Verb who has his own unique, pint-of-beer-in-a-dimpled-glass Yorkshire voice.