Joanna Walsh

Joanna Walsh is a British author, critic, illustrator and literary innovator whose work pushes the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction alike. Her book Hotel uses the concept of the hotel as a starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of transience, domesticity, feminism, travel and the modern experience of being between places. Walsh's writing defies easy categorisation, combining elements of essay, memoir, fiction and cultural criticism in works that are formally inventive and intellectually stimulating. She has been a significant figure in experimental literary culture, founding the online reading group @read_women and contributing to discussions about women's literary representation. Her work has been published by some of the most adventurous literary presses and has been recognised for its originality and its contribution to expanding what literary writing can do. Walsh's prose is precise, witty and uncompromising in its refusal to conform to conventional expectations. The audiobook edition brings her distinctive, formally adventurous writing to listeners who appreciate literary work that challenges conventions and finds new ways of thinking about everyday experiences.