York Literary Review 2025

by York Centre for Writing (Editor)

York Literary Review is an annual creative writing anthology from York St John University, designed to showcase diverse work from talented writers.

“Inside these pages is a wide variety of exciting writing which explores all aspects of ‘Roots’. Roots are personal and different for everyone. What’s important is to embrace them and watch them grow.”

104 pages, Paperback

Published June 23, 2025

About the author

York Centre for Writing is through a University, the staff changes within the school year.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lovely anthology, with all of the writing featuring the topic of roots, with each author/poet interpreting roots in their own way. There's a great range of writing styles, along with lovely formatting and illustrations throughout.

My favourite extract was from page 15:

Taking the train with my husband and his wheelchair
By Zoe Davis

"Our gazes meet along the aisle.
We travel separately now you have wheels.
I wish we were closer
but two pushchairs and imposing bags have become carers to the space I wish to occupy
next to the toilet, confetti blooming from unlocked doors.
A fellow passenger moves you
out of the way. I consent to bite my tongue.
You laugh in a foreign language.
I need not explain the metaphor of a ramp.
I am tired. Our eyes are touching in the way our hands once did.
We smile, embrace irony, mouth the words 'I do'."