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One driver waits, as if for traffic lights to change. Behind the wheel, she meditates, believes the road will clear…
Gardener’s block? Let’s try that: “I simply can’t mow this lawn; I don’t know where to start! How do you…
Alyson Hallett sees her words carved into stone, while Donny O’Rourke considers the stone of Glasgow’s classic tenements. Alyson Hallett…
The task of reading is to form an order from this confusion; to arrange these influences into a new beginning.…
Watching my writing buddies give and accept positive feedback with humility and a clear idea of their own writing, has…
Writers discuss their favourite children’s book. Ali Knight, Nicholas Murray, Vayu Naidu, Sally Kindberg, Robin Blake, Caitlin Davies and Sarah…
I would take a leaf out of Achebe’s own classic novel Things Fall Apart, in which the final paragraph switches…
I learned to drive power boats for cruise ships in Antarctica to earn time to write… I had changed into…
Bashabi Fraser, Bill Kirton and Cynthia Rogerson on their lockdown experience. Bashabi Fraser misses her grandson; Bill Kirton gets lost…
Virginia used to impress and inspire me to write well; to choose every word for its power and beauty. Now…
I dashed something off about my then obsession: Aristocrats. My favourite film at that time was The AristoCats; I don’t…
Charles Jennings speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about regionalism, suburbs and different lives. Charles Jennings speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about regionalism,…
