philip tew (born enfield, middlesex, england) is a professor of literature at brunel university london. he is the author of works on b. s. johnson, jim crace, zadie smith, and the contemporary british novel. he is the founding director of the annual hillingdon literary festival <https://www.hillingdonliteraryfestival.com/> and is co-director of the brunel centre for contemporary writing. his first novel " afterlives" was published in february 2019; see: <https://www.brigand.london/books/afterlives>. a second book of fiction, "fragmentary lives: three novellas", appeared in october 2019: <https://www.brigand.london/books/fragmentary-lives-three-novellas-philip-tew>.