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Sophie Mackintosh

Sophie Mackintosh was born in South Wales in 1988, and is currently based in London. She is the author of the novels The Water Cure and Blue Ticket. Her work has been published by the New York Times, the Stinging Fly and others. The Water Cure was longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Her next novel, Cursed Bread, is forthcoming in 2023.

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Art & Photography | Issue 161

Art & Photography | Issue 161

Wales 2013–2022

Sebastián Bruno & Sophie Mackintosh

‘Sebastián Bruno’s careful documentation of the communities of South Wales, is made up of images stark in their beauty.’

Sophie Mackintosh introduces photography by Sebastián Bruno.

In Conversation | The Online Edition

In Conversation | The Online Edition

Podcast | Sophie Mackintosh

Sophie Mackintosh

‘Imagine if an alien came to earth and asked, so how to you reproduce?’

We discuss Blue Ticket and the body horror of motherhood.

In Conversation | The Online Edition

In Conversation | The Online Edition

In Conversation

Avni Doshi & Sophie Mackintosh

‘I do wonder to what extent writing about motherhood is actually writing about being mothered’.

Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

The Last Rite of the Body

Sophie Mackintosh

‘My ex-boyfriend dies, and we all gather to put our hands into his body.’ New fiction from Sophie Mackintosh.

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Best book of 1983: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

Sophie Mackintosh

‘After 2016 I’m done with sentimentality, and it’s hard to think of a less sentimental book than The Piano Teacher, objectively a masterpiece, subjectively a book that changed my life.’

Fiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

The Weak Spot

Sophie Mackintosh

‘There was a certain kind of teenage girl who would relish not just the killing, but the trophy taking, choosing a tooth and using the pliers herself.’