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Writers discuss their favourite children’s book. Courttia Newland, Esther Selsdon, Nicola Baldwin, Hugh Stoddart, Mario Petrucci and Marina Benjamin discuss…
Susan Fletcher on why we find the lives of Henry VIII’s six queens so interesting. Susan Fletcher recalls the moment…
A writer doesn’t have to be famous to make you think, and feel, and remember their work. I read George…
Robyn Marsack speaks with Cherise Saywell about WW1 and Edmund Blunden, her grandfather’s war writing, and a literary surprise. Robyn…
Research pitted with fascinating rabbit holes down which I’ll dive because my curiosity has been piqued. Research pitted with fascinating…
Poetry, furnished with ordinary people like bus drivers and sad aunts, and written in a language that was playful, witty…
Robin Blake on the difficult art of writing someone else’s book for them. Robin Blake reflects on the history of…
How it feels when I do it is how I imagine flying would feel to a bird; sometimes just what…
Donny O’Rourke summers in Orkney for Litha, and Hugh Thomson enjoys some seasonal outdoor swimming. Donny O’Rourke takes in the…
I wanted to find books that were heavy enough to keep me going until my visit the following week and…
Keep going; you’ll always be three months away from ruination and a month away from a game-changer. Jump in the…
Rob Chapman on the elusive nature of memory. Most writers rely to a greater or lesser extent on memory, but…
