Cynan Jones – Why I Write
I grew up in an extraordinary place and, fuelled by books, possibility seemed stitched-in just below the surface of the…
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Brian McAvera – Letter To My Younger Self
Good work needs to be put on the back boiler for five or six years or more. Material accumulates, is…
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Sally Cline – Life-changing Literature
Spelling is definitely not Pooh’s forte, nor was it mine at four, nor at fourteen, nor at forty. Indeed, in…
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Alyson Hallett – How I Write
I can usually hold the first few words or line for an hour or two, but that’s all. Although I…
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Deborah Gearing – Life-changing Literature
Kafka’s world was pitiless, full of humiliation and defeat, of inability to read the world outside, to move outside his…
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Julian Turner – Why I Write
By using words I can create the illusion of having power, and this sensation is an addictive substance. We are…
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Stephen Mollett – Why I Write
There are many parallels between my early love of acting and my love of writing. Early drafts are rather like…
Roopa Farooki – How I Write
I remember writing my fifth novel with four children under five, between three-hour breastfeeds, lecturing and marking papers while they…
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Jon Mayhew – Life-changing Literature
As young Pip scurried across the grey, shadowy marshes, trees leaning over and reaching for him; suddenly it seemed colder…
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Cynthia Rogerson – Letter To My Younger Self
Beyond the satisfaction of recording your life for posterity is the cathartic joy of pouring out your unhappiness. Nothing is…
Philippa Stockley – Letter To My Younger Self
You are in love with the idea of being a novelist. It didn’t occur to you that you couldn’t do…
Peter Forbes – Why I Write
We are living in the midst of the greatest scientific efflorescence in history, but most of it does not percolate…