About the Book: Glyph, the companion novel to Ali Smith’s Gliff, uncovers a hidden story set in a near-future dystopian world dominated by state surveillance and control. As citizens risk being labelled “unverifiable,” siblings Briar and Rose struggle to survive in a society determined to suppress curiosity, identity, and meaning. This thought-provoking literary novel explores freedom, resistance, and the power of language in a chilling speculative future.