We’re incredibly excited to welcome bestselling novelist Ali Smith to present the first of two new, interconnected books. In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take? And what’s a horse got to do with any of this?  

Gliff – a Scottish/northern word for a shock, a fright, a transient moment, a glance or sudden glimpse – is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it’s a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.

In conversation with artist Sarah Wood.