Ellen Cosgrove and Jamie Patterson by Sa...

Premiering at The Duke of York’s last December, City of Dreamers looks set to become something of a hit. It tells the story of Rose (Ellen Cosgrove), a wonderfully talented but timid singer, who moves to Brighton to find herself and her music. The people she meets and friends she makes along the way, from homeless Joe (Eddy Brimson) to kooky housemates Kyle and Nicole (George Webster and Amanda Piery), all help her grow in confidence and leave her troubled past behind. A romantic spark with Harry (Ross Scarfield) and a stolen kiss with Carlos (Diego Alcaccer) spice up...

Joe Inman by Michaela Turner

Joe Inman, 16, is from Brixton in South London. He is a singer, guitarist and songwriter and is a contributor to Little Episode’s forthcoming book ‘Literature’s Long’ which brings together interviews & writing by teenagers and pop culture luminaries.

Steev Burgess by Ruth Lilly

Steev Burgess is a self identified ‘flâneur’ of the artistic world, and has dabbled in the written word as well as music and visual art. Musically he has worked with such figures as Nikki Sudden, Epic, Mike Scott and Anton Thistlethwait, and caused a bit of a stir on the radio and internet. He has had exhibitions across the Europe and New York in galleries and artistic cafes with his collage art, and has worked in many fields ranging from the civil service to photographing Chelsea football club. He has spent the past couple of years writing and producing art and the...

Jayne Trimble by Carl Prekopp

HOME AT FIRST SIGHT Irish singer songwriter Jayne Trimble is currently making waves on the folk circuit in Nashville Tennessee in preperation for recording her debut EP with John Keane, (REM, Indigo Girls, Nancy Griffith). I was lucky enough to book her, before she crossed the Atlantic, to play an accoustic set down in Clapham, and it was with sadness that I had to admit that our loss was soon to be America’s gain. Before she’s even got herself seated comfortably with her guitar, it is clear that there is something different about Jayne Trimble. She has the...

Fran Lock by Nina Antonia

Fran Lock is a poet whose debut collection ‘Flatrock’ was published by Little Episodes in May 2011. She will be appearing on National Poetry Day (6th October) reading at the Dylan Thomas House in Swansea. Here she is interviewed by fellow writer and Little Episodes member, Nina Antonia. Why ‘Flatrock’? A play on Fran Lock? ‘Flatrock’ started life as a pseudonym, a cipher to stand for a real place or a composite of places that I couldn’t name in my writing for fear of invoking their destructive obeah. It grew from that into...

Rupert Shrive by Michaela Turner