Compass is the latest installment in the renowned New Writing series, showcasing the best work developed on the Creative Writing programme at the University of Gloucestershire. Within these pages, the artistic compass swings from prose to poetry, from drama to artwork. The pieces are all strikingly different, but what they share is the authorial intent to seek out some truth, some moment of epiphany, revelation, or experience, and pin it to the page. Taken together, these works represent a collective map of new and emerging talent, one well worth exploring for any intrepid reader.