Telegram Books: Jo Glanville

Jo Glanville is a journalist and radio producer with a strong attachment to the Middle East and a particular interest in the history of Palestine and Israel. She was lucky enough to live in the Old City, East Jerusalem, in the mid-90s, where she studied, taught, wrote articles for newspapers and volunteered for a human-rights group. Since then she has directed her career towards the Middle East whenever possible.

She has made a number of well-received documentaries, including a series about the Arabian Nights with Robert Irwin for BBC Radio 4, a documentary marking the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres with Dr Swee Chai Ang and a programme about Israeli and Palestinian paramedics. She has also written for many newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, New Statesman and the Observer, and has contributed her own fiction and essays to a number of anthologies including Hard Lines 3 (Faber).

Editing Qissat for Telegram means Jo can bring together her enthusiasm for both Palestinian culture and the short story, which she considers an underrated form.