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I’ve been playing around with a text for theatre that seems to be a mash-up of dialogue, poetry, and prose;…
There is no shortcut. Just write the damn book. So I did. I wrote the book, and then I wrote…
A writer’s job is to observe the things that people ignore every day, and bring them to their attention. Writers…
Sue Roe on visiting some famous artists’ houses. Sue Roe describes her visits to the houses of some famous artists,…
Books, like phones in many a modern household, were not allowed at our family table; Weetabix really did fill my…
I walk, and I watch. I make small purchases to hear voices; this way, I learn that sperm have a…
Heidi Williamson speaks with John Greening about poetry and science, pattern-making and painful history. Heidi Williamson speaks with John Greening…
For me, the process of writing introduces a persistent, consuming, urgency in my head, but paradoxically it also has a…
I am very conscious of being rejected by people who are, relative to me, younger and younger. I am very…
I treat books quite roughly; I crack their spines mercilessly, turn down page corners, and scribble stuff. I like to…
Writers discuss their desert island book. Nicholas Murray, Vayu Naidu, Sarah Ardizzone, Robin Blake, Sally Kindberg, Ali Knight and Caitlin…
John Pilkington on writing a play for community theatre. John Pilkington describes how he came to write a play for…
