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In my fifties I led an expedition round Spitsbergen, home of the Snow Queen; life returning to fairy tales. I…
Jill Dawson explains how books and writing literally saved her life. Jill Dawson discusses the writers – mostly American, many…
I’m drawn to history. Writing is a means of immersing myself in the past; the closest thing I know to…
Micha Ullman’s memorial to the books burned in 1933; the glass plate reveals a series of empty white bookcases marking…
Attachment to place will drive you as a writer; you’ll come to realise that this stems from longing. Attachment to…
Dilys Rose on setting words to music. Dilys Rose reflects on her work as a librettist, and on the pleasures…
Years later, back in England, you will begin living with your children as a single parent, and your writing will…
Emma Darwin introduces the Instant Gratification Monkey, her writing companion. Emma Darwin introduces the Instant Gratification Monkey, and his role…
It would be over twenty years before I had another story published, after my first grade success, but I wasn’t…
Christie Dickason speaks with Gabriel Gbadamosi about truth, writing the 17th century and being a wild child. Christie Dickason speaks…
I listen to music constantly, and I search inside the words and rhythms for things I can use in my…
I read A Christmas Carol with a fourteen year old who was struggling with it, only to discover I was…
