Adelle Stripe

Adelle Stripe (born 1976)[1] is an English writer from Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.

Adelle Stripe
Born1976 (age 43–44)
York, North Yorkshire, England
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of Greenwich
University of Manchester
SpouseBen Myers

Her debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, based on the life and work of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar, was published by Fleet.[2] The Spectator said this literary portrayal mixed fiction and biography in the manner of Gordon Burn, and 'restores Dunbar to the place and time that made her — the north of England of the 1970s and 1980s.'[3] The novel was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize,[4] received the Society of Authors' K Blundell Trust Award for Fiction,[5] and was shortlisted for the Portico Prize, an award for "outstanding literature that best evokes the spirit of the north."[6]

In 2019 The Guardian featured the stage adaptation of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile with Freedom Studios and screenwriter Lisa Holdsworth.[7] The play toured across theatres, working men's clubs and informal venues in Yorkshire and was positively reviewed in the national media. The Stage said the play was 'poignant and resonant … a relevant and emotive caution against the one-size-fits-all approach of the privileged theatre industry'.[8]

In 2019, Stripe announced a music journalism edition with Rough Trade Books, Sweating Tears with Fat White Family, featuring interviews with Lias Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski of Fat White Family.[9]

Previously, Stripe was primarily a poet [10], and was affiliated with the Offbeat generation. She published three poetry collections; Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid, Cigarettes in Bed and Dark Corners of the Land. In 2006, alongside Tony O'Neill and Ben Myers she formed possibly the first literary movement spawned via a social networking site, the Brutalists, who the BBC described as a 'group of young writers with a back-to-basics approach to poetry'.[11] The Humber Star, her poem based on the experiences of women in 19th century Hessle Road, was performed at John Grant's North Atlantic Flux, for Hull UK City of Culture 2017.[12]

Works

Fiction
  • 2017: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Wrecking Ball Press
  • 2017: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Little, Brown Book Group

Poetry
  • 2012: Dark Corners of the Land. Blackheath Books
  • 2009: Cigarettes In Bed. Blackheath Books
  • 2008: Brutalism One: Nowhere Fast. Captains of Industry Press
  • 2008: Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid. Blackheath Books

Anthologies
  • 2019: Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers. Unbound
  • 2016: Spring: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons. Elliott & Thompson Limited
  • 2015: Untitled One: Neu! Reekie!. Birlinn
  • 2012: Counterfeit Crank. Sick Fly Publications
  • 2010: Dwang: Issue Two. Tangerine Press
  • 2009: Dwang: Issue One. Tangerine Press
  • 2008: 3:AM London, New York, Paris. Social Disease

Edited works, introductions and forewords

Recordings
  • 2017: Cock of the North: Smagghe & Cross . Offen Music
  • 2020: From Sacred Heart: Smagghe & Cross. Offen Music

Plays
  • 2019: Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile. Adaptation by Lisa Holdsworth. Methuen Drama

Music Writing
  • 2019: Sweating Tears with Fat White Family. Rough Trade Books
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References
  1. Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Adelle Stripe - Adelle Stripe". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. "ANDREA DUNBAR-INSPIRED NOVEL TO FLEET |". bookseller.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "The short, reckless life of Andrea Dunbar". The Spectator. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. "Denise Mina makes Gordon Burn Prize shortlist | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. "News | The Society of Authors". societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. "Six-strong Portico Prize shortlist channels 'spirit of the North' | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. Wiegand, Chris (10 December 2018). "Andrea Dunbar's life story to be staged in Bradford pub". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. Peschier, Francesca. "Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile review at Freedom Studios, Bradford". The Stage. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. "Sweating Tears with Fat White Family". Rough Trade Books. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. Devaney, Beulah (2 July 2016). "Remembering Brutalism: the Myspace Literary Movement that Everyone Hated". Vice. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. Masters, Tim (7 October 2010). "Does poetry need a special day?". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  12. "'I'm drawn to strong women'". Morning Star. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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