JUSTIN DAVID a child of Wolverhampton, lives and works in East London. He is a writer, photographer and publisher.  He studied Graphic Communication at the University of Northampton and later graduated from the MA Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.

His first novella, The Pharmacist, was published by Salt as part of their Modern Dreams series. His short fiction has appeared in many print and online anthologies and his full length work He’s Done Ever So Well for Himself was published in April 2018.

His photography collection of nocturnal performers, Night Work, has been exhibited in London at venues including Jackson’s Lane. His photographic has been widely published in magazine and on the covers of books and his photography/poetry collaboration with Nathan Evans, Threads, was long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize. He has been a contributor to Paul Burston’s literary salon, Polari, at Royal Festival Hall, and is a founder member of Leather Lane Writers.

In 2016 he formed Inkandescent, a new publishing venture with partner Nathan Evans, with a commitment to progressive ideas, subjects and voices underrepresented by mainstream publishing and a mission to discover and celebrate original, diverse and transgressive literature and art, to challenge the status quo. www.inkandescent.co.uk

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