Isabel Waidner
Isabel Waidner is a writer based in London. They are the author of three novels: Sterling Karat Gold (Peninsula Press, 2021), We Are Made of Diamond Stuff (Dostoyevsky Wannabe, 2019) and Gaudy Bauble (Dostoyevsky Wannabe, 2017). They were shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize (twice), and won the Internationale Literaturpreis. They are a co-founder of the event series Queers Read This at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and the programmer and presenter of This Isn’t a Dream, a fortnightly literary talk show, also hosted by the ICA via Instagram live.
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A letter to footballer Justin Fashanu – excerpted from Isabel Waidner’s novel Sterling Karat Gold.