Conception

Ozgur Uyanik is a writer and filmmaker whose family emigrated from Turkey to the UK in 1980. After graduating from the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he studied Communications and Image Studies, Ozgur started a career in the film industry working as a runner and making short films in London until his debut feature film premiered at the 17th Raindance Film Festival in 2009. He recently gained an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Cardiff Metropolitan University and is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Cardiff University. Conception is Ozgur's debut novel.

'Uyanik will have you grinding your teeth, reaching for your dictionary, wincing and laughing' -Dr Dan Anthony'Ozgur Uyanik's debut novel sizzles with subversive humour and macabre energy' -Richard Gwyn, poet and novelist, professor of Creative and Critical Writing at Cardiff UniversityConception is a searingly witty and perceptive novel, offering a cutting vision of the contemporary art world. Uyanik's writing is playful and original, his characters are dark and compelling' -Dr Kate North, Author and Reader in Creative Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan University