New Writing

James McDermott’s plays published by Samuel French include Time and Tide (Park Theatre; Offie nominated for Best New Play 2020) and Rubber Ring (Pleasance Islington/UK Tour). James’s poetry books include Wild Life (Nine Arches Press), Erased (Polari Press) and Manatomy (Burning Eye; longlisted for Polari’s First Book Prize 2021). James is also one of the writers on BBC soap opera EastEnders and has written plays for BBC Radio 4. He is an Arvon writing tutor and teaches scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia.