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Jane Rogers speaks with George Miller about novels vs short stories and recovering from a brain haemorrhage. Jane Rogers tells…
Writing poetry is about tuning in; language is the necessary crystal. Find the wavelength and everything connects with everything.
Former obituaries writer Nick Caistor considers how the press learned to say goodbye. Once every newspaper’s chilliest corner, the obituaries…
It was life-changing literature because it was morally ambiguous and made we want to probe the author’s philosophy and the…
Miranda Miller works to finish a novel and considers “being a brand” in her audio diary, plus two pieces from…
As with exercise, if I don’t write for a few days I begin to feel flabby and on edge. It’s…
Playwright Brian McAvera squares up to Samuel Beckett. Can a British or Irish playwright ever escape the influence of Samuel…
I’m the eldest of four children and I often say that when you’re part of a big family it’s hard…
Jonathan Gregson speaks with Jonathan Gregson about Himalayan adventures. Jonathan Gregson speaks with James McConnachie about travelling the Himalaya by…
Doug Johnstone gives us a good look at his head in his Writer’s Talisman film. Doug Johnstone gives us a…
My writing Muse, with love in her eyes, was pointing the way to literary paradise. Where could it go wrong?
Paul Sayer considers the ‘seething brawny’ novels of the working-class north. The great novels of the northern, working-class male experience…
