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Showcase

The Literary Consultancy is excited to be working on an innovative showcase for its writing talent, initially in association with Staple Magazine. See TLC Showcase Introduction for more on the inception of the Showcase and please see below for where it is now.

Once a month we will highlight the work of one author whose work we believe deserves a platform, whether simply because our readers felt it worth championing, or whether we have helped the writer on to commercial publication.

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Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

“You wake up and think of her. Try not to check your phone till you’ve had a cup of tea. A bowl of cereal. You tell yourself that having a decent breakfast, having yourself a full stomach means you’re more likely to pick up the phone, call her in good spirits.”

From ‘Poetry Extract’– included in the showcase

“Currently, grieving and queer home-making as creative acts are themes that dominate my thinking. As a child of refugees, I am interested in our ties or lack thereof to land, language and home. The collection I’m working on explores my relationship to parental figures, to both Tamil and English and to Sri Lanka. I’m trying to create new ways to obsess over the images and stories I want to write – there’s always something about my mum and our methods of communication (language/technology/silence).”

Previous Showcase Authors

San Cassimally – TLC Showcase author

San Cassimally

“I experimented with two pebbles in my mouth to puff my cheeks up a tad, but gave up on the idea suspecting that to an observant eye such as his

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Nicholas Lim – TLC Showcase author

Nicholas Lim

Dudec nodded. He fluttered a hand. “This could be something new!” “Rafal, when you hear hoof beats,” Garrett held up her knife like a warning finger, “Think horses before zebras.”

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Suhel Ahmed – TLC Showcase author

Suhel Ahmed

“‘That’s when I made the mistake,’ Amina exclaimed. ‘I should have taken the money and moved to a Bengali community, somewhere in Tower Hamlets, Coventry, Luton or Leicester. It’s so

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Terry Cudbird – TLC Showcase author

Terry Cudbird

“I have now reached the age when I have to choose between sex and walking. I cannot indulge in both,” he told me. He was whimsical on the subject of

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