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Duncan Forbes explains his odd-looking writing talisman. Duncan Forbes explains the significance, and the very long history, of his strange-looking…
Having always been isolated I created imaginative worlds of my own, and I do so still. Oh dear! It all…
Rosemary Bailey on researching and writing memoir — and the lasting friendships it brought about. As the author of four…
I write every day and become captivated by the way the story unfolds. Although as author I am notionally in…
Laura Hird speaks with Geoff Hattersley about bleak stories, writing in multiple voices and a literary afterlife. Laura Hird speaks…
I’ve largely read novels or non-fiction, but then I got involved with a community based RLF project, the Reading Round,…
I invented a couple of characters, stocked up on stationery and wrote every night. A few months later I submitted…
Sue Roe on discovering the woman behind the paintings and dispelling some of the myths about Gwen John. In researching…
The profession you have chosen requires a great deal of patience, with people keeping you waiting, never responding, or never…
Elanor Dymott speaks with Robin Blake about legal storytelling, journalism vs fiction and an unsettling recurrent theme. Elanor Dymott speaks…
He is going to become a writer, or in Joyce’s lofty phrase “a priest of the eternal imagination”. Those words…
It’s time I admitted to myself the rather galling fact that much as I love the look of notebooks, that…
