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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Emma John

Floaters: the coming-of-age novel inspired by the UK’s sewage crisis

Front cover of Floaters by C M Taylor.
Floaters is inspired by Craig Taylor’s own experience as a keen canoeist on the Thames. Photograph: Craig Taylor

A water company discharges sewage into a river with impunity and the government fails to stop them. The story may sound familiar, but this one is different: there’s a satisfying comeuppance all round.

The ongoing saga of sewage being pumped into the Thames has inspired a new YA (young adult) novel, Floaters – and when its limited first edition is published later this month, 50% of all profits will go to the conservation and campaign charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).

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