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There’s a Library Shelf in the living room where all the through-traffic is stored; library books, obviously, plus books borrowed…
Maura Dooley speaks with Jane Draycott about Irish heritage, Iranian translation and a Jane Austen residency. Maura Dooley, former RLF…
The focus you get from knowing young exactly what you want to do in life and being determined to do…
Every writer comes to a point where the gains outweigh the risks, where the financial burden is second to wanting…
Horatio Clare reflects on the nature of the creative impulse. Are writers mad — or only very sane? Horatio Clare…
Let’s face it. Basically, you’re on your own, and ultimately, boringly, it’s discipline isn’t it? Let’s face it. Basically, you’re…
Harriet Castor cherishes a stone. Harriet Castor tells the story of how an unlikely lucky break produced a lovely long-term…
Donny O’Rourke visits festive Edinburgh for the Lughnasadh harvest, and Tiffany Murray breaks her block in Iceland. Donny O’Rourke takes…
I am the scribe. I record, I argue, I raise awareness and I try to persuade others through my words.…
What held me was the brilliant, innovative and charming way in which Stone presented the people he had met during…
Jonny Wright on the pleasures and occasional problems of collaborative writing. As a scriptwriter, Jonny Wright has grown used to…
These asylum seekers who had come in search of escape, were instead caught in another trap. These asylum seekers who…
