The Brighton Book (Myriad City Arts) [Paperback]

The Brighton Book is a fantastic idea and I loved writing a piece with crazy wonderful Brighton as the theme. Everybody should buy the book because it's such a great mix of energy and ideas. --Jeanette Winterson

Packed with unique perspectives on the city...The Brighton Book has hedonism at its heart. Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Give him The Brighton Book and you will feed him for a lifetime.
--The Argus

Welcome to Brighton, the city of delirious invention where no one has an excuse for leading a normal life. This popular seaside resort with its infamously seedy underbelly boasts one and a half piers, a royal palace and ridiculous house prices. Bawdy and beautiful like the place itself, these stories and pictures are peopled by some seeking the good life and others who, in one way or another, have reached the end of the line. The first of a new series designed to showcase the creative energy of key British cities.

Brighton is more than a seaside resort. It is the new vernacular for style, bohemian chic and the pursuit of pleasure. Taking the pulse of the city as a catalyst for creative invention, award-winning artists and writers light out for new territory, from Brighton Beach NY, to life on the edge.

John Agard, Melissa Benn, Louis de Bernières, Piers Gough, Bonnie Greer, Roy Greenslade, Lee Harwood, Lenny Kaye, Mick Jackson, Nigella Lawson, Martine McDonagh, Boris Mikhailov, Woodrow Phoenix, John Riddy, Meg Rosoff, Marjane Satrapi, Miranda Sawyer, Posy Simmonds, Ali Smith, Catherine Smith, Diana Souhami, Lesley Thomson, Jeanette Winterson.