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Iain Banks said there was a secret website called www.ideasforwriters.com; ‘You just go there and it generates ideas for you’.…
While it’s true that most writers get better at receiving negative feedback, to have too hard a skin can be…
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi on how a textile art project in London’s East End pushed the boundaries of her work. Nathalie Abi-Ezzi…
My desert island discs luxury would be my MacBook, a solar-powered battery and a satellite-based broadband connection. What do you…
Juliet Gilkes Romero speaks with Ann Morgan about her journey into playwriting. Juliet Gilkes Romero speaks with Ann Morgan about…
You’re doing the right thing by reading everything you can. All the words you’ve consumed so far, and will do,…
Then my parents got sick, and suddenly life wasn’t solely about the highs and lows of school friendships and pet…
The rich, mellifluous word-music of Dylan Thomas spills into my drab winter morning like sunshine. In that moment, I learn…
Is soIs one a writer first and a human second? Many writers have outed themselves and said so. Is something…
Felicity McCall shares how a box of mundane council paperwork revealed unheard voices from the past. When Felicity McCall found…
I was relieved to find myself, in this hopeless longing for the inanimate, in the company of Nabokov. I find…
Jamie Lee Searle reflects on her fiction-writing practice and Chris Simms explores the tricky art of research. Jamie Lee Searle…
