Tice Cin
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| birth_place = Enfield, London, England
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| occupation = Writer, artist
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Tice Cin (born April 1995) is a British writer and multidisciplinary artist from North London. Her debut novel Keeping the House (2021) received a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Desmond Elliot Prize among other accolades. Her BBC Radio 4 documentary How Much Can You Say? (2024) won an Audio Production Award.
Early life
Cin was born to Turkish Cypriot parents and grew up between Enfield and Tottenham.{{Cite web|url=https://guap.co/house-party-culture-from-tottenham-to-enfield/|title=House party and non-mainstream party culture from Tottenham to Enfield|work=Guap|first=Tice|last=Cin|date=20 May 2021|accessdate=7 December 2024}} She began her undergraduate studies in English literature at the University of Reading and secured a Certificate of Higher Education before switching to the University of Northampton. She wrote her dissertation on portals and the unconscious mind.{{Cite web|url=https://haringeycommunitypress.co.uk/2022/09/05/the-thing-about-haringey-is-you-never-feel-completely-alone/|title="The thing about Haringey is, you never feel completely alone"|work=Haringey Community Press|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=8 October 2024}} She went on to complete a Masters in English: Issues in Modern Literature at University College London (UCL), specialising in fluids and the posthuman body.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boroughroadcollectionarchive.com/blog/2020/3/2/artist-interview-tice-cin-and-pietro-bardini|title=Artist Interview: Tice Cin and Pietro Bardini|work=Borough Road Collection Archive|first=Fraser|last=McFarlane|date=2 March 2020|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Career
In her teens and early twenties, Cin began her involvement with the North London music scene and admired the likes of Lex Amor, Casisdead and Gladdy Waxx.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/tune-in-to-the-deptford-literature-festival-2024-podcast/|title=Episode #2: Tice Cin on community and gentleness|work=Spread the Word|first=Shani|last=Akilah|date=16 March 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-worms-podcast/episodes/Opening-up-a-can-of-worms-with-TICE-CIN-e2ki4j1/a-abb73n5|title=Opening up a can of worms with Tice Cin|work=The Worms Podcast|first=Summer|last=Moraess|date=6 June 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Cin got her formal writing start when she joined the poetry community Barbican Young Poets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetrytranslation.org/articles-news/interview-with-tice-cin/|title=Interview with Tice Cin|website=Poetry Translation Centre|accessdate=30 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/s/youngpoets1920-ticecin-gboyegaodubanjo|title=Tice Cin and Gboyega Odubanjo: Barbican Young Poets 2019-20|website=Barbican|accessdate=30 October 2024}} She also began creating digital art for Design Yourself, a collective based at the Barbican Centre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/s/designyourself/|title=Design Yourself|website=Barbican|accessdate=30 October 2024}} She joined the advisory board of the Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) and worked in various roles for the likes of Poetry School, Headway East London, Tilted Axis Press (where she was Associate Art Director and Commissioning Editor) {{Cite web|url=https://www.tiltedaxispress.com/tice-cin|title=Tice Cin|website=Tilted Axis Press|accessdate=30 October 2024}} and Mixmag.{{Cite web|url=https://tinhouse.com/transcript/between-the-covers-tice-cin-interview/|title=Between the Covers: Tice Cin Interview|work=Tin House|first=David|last=Naimon|accessdate=30 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://poetryschool.com/courses/kiss-kiss-studio/|title=Kiss Kiss Studio|work=Poetry School|accessdate=7 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2020-05/4%20Barbican_Young_Poets_x_Headway_East_cover_and_pages_low_res.pdf|title=Where a Memory Lives|work=Headway East London, Barbican Young Poets|date=2019|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Having received a 2018 London Writers Award and been mentored via the Arvon Foundation,{{Cite web|url=https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/london-writers-awardees-2018-talk-about-being-part-of-the-awards/|title=Tice Cin, Iqbal Hussain, Anne Chen and Jamie Hale talk about being part of the London Writers Awards 2018|work=Spread the Word|first=Laura|last=Kenright|date=2 May 2019|accessdate=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/media-gallery/item/tice-cin-three-women-of-cyprus|title=Tice Cin: Three Women of Cyprus|work=Edinburgh International Book Festival|first=Nadine Aisha|last=Jassat|accessdate=7 November 2024}} Cin published her debut novel Keeping the House in 2021 via And Other Stories. Set between 1999 and 2012,{{Cite journal|url=https://theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/02/keeping-the-house-by-tice-cin-review-a-cult-classic-in-the-making|title=Keeping the House by Tice Cin review – a cult classic in the making|journal=The Guardian|first=Michael|last=Donkor|date=2 September 2021|accessdate=8 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/her-smell-spoke-another-language-on-tice-cins-keeping-the-house/|title="Her Smell Spoke Another Language": On Tice Cin's "Keeping the House"|work=Los Angeles Review of Books|first=Piper|last=French|date=16 December 2021|accessdate=8 October 2024}} the novel is set in and around the north London heroin trade, and follows three generations of women centred around the character Damla as she comes of age in and around Tottenham's Turkish Cypriot community. The concept came from Cin's desire to see her part of London in literature, with the novel taking place between Tottenham and North Cyprus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huckmag.com/article/tice-cin-profile-keeping-the-house-tottenham|title=Tice Cin is writing the London she lives|work=Huck|first=Robert|last=Kazandjian|date=24 May 2022|accessdate=8 October 2024}} Keeping the House also considered 'glitchiness' and the way that hood surrealism is expressed in the minds of her characters. Cin incorporated poetry into the narrative and created a mixtape, DJ mix and playlist to accompany the novel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/entertainment/08022022-theres-a-reason-why-we-gather-in-london-artist-tice-cin-explains-her-debut-novel-keeping-the-house|title="There's a reason why we gather in London" – artist Tice Cin explains her debut novel 'Keeping the House'|work=SW Londoner|first=Amal|last=Abdi|date=8 February 2022|accessdate=8 October 2024}} Keeping the House won a Somerset Maugham Award and a London Writers Award. It was also shortlisted for a British Book Award, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the Jhalak Prize.
Tice has been a judge on numerous literature and music prizes, including DJ Mag's Album of the Year and Best of British Awards, the Dylan Thomas Prize 2024, and Spread the Word's Early Career Bursary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/16/caleb-azumah-nelson-wins-20000-dylan-thomas-prize-for-small-worlds|title=Caleb Azumah Nelson wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for Small Worlds|work=The Guardian|first=Ella|last=Creamer|date=16 May 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Spread the Word launches £15k Early Career Bursaries for London writers |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/spread-the-word-launches-15k-early-career-bursaries-for-london-writers |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}
Cin is the founder of interdisciplinary discovery vehicle, label and production company Neoprene Genie. Cin and her team at Neoprene Genie have produced films, curated immersive theatrical music shows and community parties, creative directed and produced print-magazine editorials and collaborated with numerous partners, including Mixcloud, BBC Radio 4, No Vista, Enfield Council and Spread the Word.https://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Episode-2_-Tice-Cin.pdf{{Cite web|url=https://frenchfries-mag.com/shop/the-big-other-issue-pixie-lott|title=Pixie Lott|work=The Other Big Issue|first=Fryd|last=Frydendahl|accessdate=7 December 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Stargazers: Bloc Party Celebrating Grime Music |url=https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stargazers-bloc-party-celebrating-grime-music-tickets-932739538067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Eventbrite |language=en-us}}
In May 2024, Cin produced and provided music and poetry for the BBC Radio 4 documentary How Much Can You Say? with Jude Shapiro of Peanut & Crumb. It was also selected for BBC World Service's Illuminated podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zdjp|title=How Much Can You Say?|work=BBC Radio 4 Illuminated|date=1 June 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}} The documentary looked at decades of calculated gang warfare involving Turkish, Turkish Cypriot, and Kurdish heroin dealers on the streets of north London, through the accounts of women and young people. Shapiro won Best Factual/Documentary Producer at the 2024 Audio Production Awards for her collaboration with Cin on How Much Can You Say?.{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/11/winners-announced-for-the-2024-audio-production-awards/|title=Winners announced for the 2024 Audio Production Awards|work=Radio Today|first=Steve|last=Collins|date=2 November 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
In June 2024, Cin was selected by the British Council and National Centre for Writing as one of their ILX 10 which showcases writers of prose, poetry, creative non-fiction, and those working across intersections of form.{{Cite web|url=https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/ilx-10-tice-cin/|title=ILX10: Tice Cin|work=National Centre for Writing|date=6 June 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
She joined her publisher And Other Stories as a contributing editor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-tice-cin-and-irenosen-okojie-join-and-other-stories-as-contributing-editors|title=Authors Tice Cin and Irenosen Okojie join And Other Stories as contributing editors|work=The Bookseller|first=Heloise|last=Wood|date=24 June 2024|accessdate=8 October 2024}}
Bibliography
=Novels=
- Keeping the House (2021)
=Select essays and short stories=
- "House party and non-mainstream party culture from Tottenham to Enfield" in Guap (2021)
- For A Personal Anthology on short stories (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=Tice Cin |url=https://apersonalanthology.com/category/tice-cin/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=A Personal Anthology |language=en}}
- "for People Who Feel Glitched" in the Burley Fisher Bookshop Blog (2021){{Cite web |date=2021-09-14 |title=Tice Cin Recommends Books for People Who Feel Glitched |url=https://burleyfisherbooks.com/blogs/news/tice-cin |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Burley Fisher Books |language=en}}
- "Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction" in Literary Hub (2021){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-10-25 |title=Notes on Queerness and Camp in Crime Fiction |url=https://lithub.com/notes-on-queerness-and-camp-in-crime-fiction/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}
- "The list" in Cybernetics or Ghosts? (2023 edition), edited by Michael Salu for the Writers Mosaic{{Cite web|url=https://houseofthought.io/litmachine|title=Cybernetics & Ghosts|website=House of Thought|date=2023|accessdate=16 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/tice-cin/articles|title=Articles by Tice Cin|website=MuckRack|accessdate=7 November 2024}}
- "Outside, Inside, Both" (2023){{Cite web |title=Essay {{!}} Outside, Inside, Both by Tice Cin |url=https://thelondonmagazine.org/article/essay-outside-inside-both-by-tice-cin/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=The London Magazine |language=en-GB}}
- "Loopholes" in Granta (2023){{Cite web|url=https://granta.com/loopholes/|title=Loopholes|work=Granta|first=Tice|last=Cin|date=7 March 2023|accessdate=2 November 2024}}
- "Soprano Machine" in Cybernetics or Ghosts? (2024 anthology), edited by Michael Salu; this anthology had an accompanying album featuring Roly Porter, Rắn Cạp Đuôi, KMRU, Ah! Cosmos and more{{Cite web |title=from "Cybernetics, or Ghosts?" |url=https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/from-cybernetics-or-ghosts |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Cleveland Review of Books |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://subtextrecordings.net/Literary-Anthology-Cybernetics-or-Ghosts-Stories-from-Myth-to-A-I|title=Literary Anthology "Cybernetics, or Ghosts? — Stories from Myth to A.I." & Compilation (SUB058)|work=Subtext Recordings|date=2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}
Accolades
| class="wikitable sortable
|+ !Year !Award !Category !Title !Result !Ref |
| rowspan="6" | 2022
| colspan="2" | Dylan Thomas Prize | rowspan="6" | Keeping the House | {{nom|Longlisted}} |
| British Book Awards
| Discover Book of the Year | {{sho}} |
| colspan="2" | Somerset Maugham Award
| {{won}} |
| colspan="2" | Desmond Elliott Prize
| {{sho}} | {{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/cin-cassidy-and-mortimer-shortlisted-for-10k-desmond-elliott-prize|title=Cin, Cassidy and Mortimer shortlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize|work=The Bookseller|first=Sian|last=Bayley|date=7 June 2022|accessdate=8 June 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/get-to-know-tice-cin/|title=Get to Know... Tice Cin: Keeping the House (And Other Stories) by Tice Cin is longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022|website=National Centre for Writing|date=31 May 2022|accessdate=8 June 2022}} |
| colspan="2" | Jhalak Prize
| {{sho}} |
| colspan="2" | Gordon Burn Prize
| {{nom|Longlisted}} |
References
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Category:Alumni of University College London
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Category:English women novelists
Category:People from Tottenham