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It was a great pleasure to see names recurring and to understand where they belonged in Salinger’s world. It made…
Is a certain type of lined, exercise book bought only from a certain stationery shop in Edinburgh essential to the…
All you’ve got now is the gob and the gab but once you’ve got some semblance of a gift to…
Throughout my adult years I’ve believed in the importance of the relationship between a writer and her community. I want…
In the supermarket, in the video rental store, in McDonalds, schoolchildren would call out my name and say hello. It…
It is easy to see why, when you get bored of your thesis, you allow yourself to be distracted by…
You had to remain anonymous and invisible as a condition of being able to get on with your life. As…
I’ve rarely considered myself someone who writes due to a deep visceral compulsion. I’ve always been in awe of fellow…
Sometimes it starts with the washing up, followed by hoovering the stairs; yes, even the risers. At others, even the…
She declared Thomas a filthy-mouthed heathen, a drunk and a womaniser to boot, and my cherished copy of Under Milk…
True, your diaries tend to trail off around March after your birthday presents, but what about those days you sat…
I like writing for young people because the books you read when you’re young, the ones you really care about,…
