Tice Cin – författare

Our unnamed narrator survives in London on a combination of Universal Credit, music production and songwriting, trying to figure out what she wants from the city, and whether the city is prepared to give it to her.Navigating love affairs and blinded by grief following the death of her closest confidante, Safe Spaces is a portrait of the artist as a young musician. Of the DJ booths, green rooms and dance floors that shape her, and the worlds she finds herself in: be they the grime and electronic nightclubs, her Turkish-Cypriot family, the beauty parlour, the studio.At once a songbook, a collection of aphorisms, a therapy transcript and a community journal, Safe Spaces is a work of extraordinary lyricism and candour, confirming Tice Cin as one of the foremost stylists of her generation. An intimate portrait of a community and a moving personal reckoning, it fearlessly asks: can the dream of a safe space ever be realised?

Shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 British Book Awards, Book of the Year – Discover AwardLonglisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn PrizeLonglisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeWinner of a 2022 Somerset Maugham AwardCabbages . . . The Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, that’s where we put the heroin . . . There’s a stash of heroin waiting to be imported, and no one seems sure what to do with it . . . But Ayla’s a gardener, and she has a plan.Offering a fresh and funny take on the machinery of the North London heroin trade, Keeping the House lifts the lid on a covert world thriving just beneath notice: not only in McDonald's queues and men’s clubs, but in spotless living rooms and whispering kitchens. Spanning three generations, this is the story of the women who keep their family – and their family business – afloat, juggling everything from police surveillance to trickier questions of community, belonging and love.