Great review for Katharine Quarmby

“Award-winning journalist Katharine Quarmby followed the events at Dale Farm for seven years and was given deep access to the lives of some of its residents. Drawing on press accounts, contemporary documents and interviews she uses the eviction as the starting point for this admirably measured and authoritative portrait of a diverse, isolated and often wilfully misunderstood minority, which is equal in number in the UK to those of Chinese or Bangladeshi origin.”

Daily Telegraph

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Katharine Quarmby

Katharine Quarmby

  Katharine Quarmby is an award‑winning and prize-listed writer of fiction, non-fiction, journalism and books for children. Her books and long‑form reporting focus on lives lived on the margins. Scapegoat: Why We Are Failing Disabled People won the Ability Media International Prize for Lit...More about Katharine Quarmby