12/08/2026
Pop into Esquires Coffee this Friday to meet local authors, chat over a coffee and grab yourself a great read.
We've got loads of authors including:
Giorgio Pandiani, a Comics & Graphic Novels Author, Illustrator and Graphic Designer. After attending the Comics School Milan, he started writing and drawing his own independent graphic novels. His comics have won many awards and his new short comic, “The Two Pyramids” has already been hailed as “one of the self-published comics of the year”.
Writer and editor Donna Scott blends craft expertise with cultural engagement. Winner of the BSFA Best Collection Award for Best of British Science Fiction 2023, she leads The Slab Press, a local publisher of fantasy, horror and science fiction.
Award-winning journalist and ultra runner, Lily Canter has a passion for women's endurance sport. Her book Ultra Women: The Trailblazers Defying Sexism in Sport was winner at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards 2026 and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025.
Jodie Neely, a sci-fi and fantasy indie author, who loves to see the funny side of everything.
Kit Meredith is a writer of both fiction and creative non-fiction. Their first two novels have been published by Bold Strokes Books and their short stories have been published in various anthologies. Kit is an extroverted introvert who enjoys connecting with people through the arts, including running local community groups focusing on LGBTQIA storytelling through QStory Northampton.
Amir Ali is a British memoir author whose writing explores resilience, healing, trauma and personal transformation. His debut memoir, The Boy Who Walked Through Fire: A Journey of Pain, Survival, and Becoming Whole, draws upon his own life experiences to deliver an honest account of overcoming childhood adversity while offering hope to others.
Will Adams has a selection of fiction and non-fiction books. They include his debut novel Consequences in which Will and Martin Smith pay homage to their old university friend and co-writer the late Douglas Adams, of Hitch-Hiker’s fame.
Paul Giffney, aka The Purple Pen Poet, was the 10th Bard of Northampton and has been a lover of poetry ever since he discovered Milligan’s On the Ning Nang Nong.
Rosemary Sturge is an author of historical novels and short stories. She has written six books so far, including 'Northampton 1290' and her latest, set in the North of England 'Clouds Over Bowland'.
Lorna Marlow is the author of Finding Home, shortlisted for Debut Novel of the Year 2026 by the Romantic Novelists Association, set in Cornwall which tells tales of love, loss, betrayal and revenge.
60 Miles presents: Community Comics centres the often-overlooked local communities who exist outside the mainstream narrative of Northants’ rich social heritage. 6 local community groups were paired with 6 Comic Book Artists & Writers to capture the range of experiences that make up the place we all call home.
