There Is No Meant to Be

Jarred McGinnis is the co-founder of The Special Relationship, which was chosen for the British Council’s International Literature Showcase. His short fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4 and appeared in literary journals in the UK, Ireland, Canada and US. He is an associate writer for Spread the Word, a fellow of the London Library Emerging Writers Programme and a writer-in-residence for First Story. He also has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, but mostly he inspires the able-bodied by using public transport and taking his daughters to the playground. His debut novel, The Coward, was a BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick and won the Prix du premier roman étranger in France.

A warm, witty, and wonderful book. A memoir that picks away at the rules of the form and finds something new underneath, Jarred McGinnis' story - told through dream, memory, speculation, and vivid confabulation - is a wild ride, and I'm entirely on board