Crow, Pirate, Fly is a glitching manifesto of pain, pleasure, domination and submission. A power play of identities, authors, lovers and mothers, Hannah Silva's long-awaited second collection is subversive and compelling, intimate and estranging, animal and alien. Ten years in gestation, this genre-queering text began as a cut up of Kathy Acker's literary terrorism with Fifty Shades of Grey, and now emerges as its own thing — dark, wild, innovative and pregnant with desir...

"Hannah Silva's My Child, the Algorithm, is one of the best books I read this year. Merging the cozy familiarity of child-rearing with the mysterious tension of AI {...}, she has created a new genre of personal narrative, and a story whose grief, hope and curiosity takes on poetic, spiritual dimensions, even when exploring the most common chambers of the human heart." —Michelle Tea, author, Knocking Myself UpMy Child, the Algorithm tells ...

A playful and provocative exploration of queer single parenting and love, in conversation with an AI algorithm and a toddlerMy Child, the Algorithm describes encounters between a single parent, a curious, verbal toddler, and a language-producing algorithm. Like a male seahorse, Hannah Silva carried a baby made from her partner's egg. But when she gave birth, her partner left, and Hannah found herself navigating life alone with her child, surviving on Unite...

11 gripping thrillers from some of BBC Radio's best contemporary writers, including BAFTA- winner Neil McKayInventive, intriguing and atmospheric, this eclectic selection of crime, mystery and psychological dramas immerses us in a series of diverse worlds where nothing is what it appears to be, and nobody is quite what they seem.Wide in scope and disparate in style, the stories range from a police procedural and a dark, dystopian eco-thriller to a shocking ...

Thirteen plays about human connection, from some of BBC Radio's best writers exploring love, family, romances and life's ups and downsThis diverse collection of stories centres around family dynamics, relationships both romantic and platonic, and the diverse ways ordinary people navigate the vicissitudes of everyday life.Ranging from modern fairy tales to coming-of-age dramas, they feature a wide variety of styles, and are scripted by an array of writers fr...