Courttia Newland is the author of eight books including
his much-lauded debut, The Scholar. His most recent novel, A River
Called Time, was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. He coedited
The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, and his short
stories have featured in various anthologies and been broadcast on
BBC Radio 4. As a screenwriter, he has written episodes of Steve
McQueen's 2020 BBC series Small Axe.
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Imaginative, precise and always fun. Courttia Newland invites us
into new worlds with deftness and imagination, storytelling and
creativity that has no rival in the UK. Another future classic from
one of the most important writers of British literature
*DEREK OWUSU*
Newland's work is tender but urgent, grounded but visionary. Risks
don't frighten him. These highly imaginative, often cautionary
tales seem the product of a world governed by outrage, anxiety and
unease. You won't forget them in a hurry. Nor should you
*RUPERT THOMSON*
A rich, diverse collection of short stories
* * Guardian * *
An extraordinary collection - vital, strange and brilliant
*JENNI FAGAN*
Deeply satisfying . . . Newland is a class act
* * Times * *
Whether it's the uncanny dream made flesh or the old Manichean
battle far into the future, these stories surprise, are dizzying
and intricate
* * Irish Times * *
The stories in Cosmogramma are shot through with a sense of
foreboding, a feeling that we as a species are heading for
self-annihilation if we don't get our act together and fast. In
that sense, and in several others, the stories feel unsettlingly
contemporary and can - and should - be read as a last call to
action. "The Sanofka Principle" in particular bent my mind out of
shape, in a good way. Now there's a story that requires (and
repays) close reading!
*STEPHEN THOMPSON*
It's no small feat to so immediately and repeatedly appeal to
readers' hearts and minds, and Newland's mastery of short-format
storytelling is sure to impress. Speculative fiction fans won't be
able to put this down
* * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * *
An exquisitely imaginative collection of speculative short stories,
unlike anything I've ever read . . . Newland succeeds in capturing
the reader's attention and refusing to let go of it until the very
end . . . an important addition to Black British literature . . .
Newland becomes a paramount figure within the genre
* * Bad Form * *
The combination of excellent world and character building and the
rising intensity of each story as the book progresses means
Cosmogramma is hard to put down
* * New Scientist * *
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