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Clare Chambers speaks with Ann Morgan about breakout successes, writing history convincingly and retaining a balance between pessimism and optimism.…
My husband, a furniture maker, helpfully offered to build me a shed at the end of the garden. I declined.…
Some of my fellow coffee shop typists seem quite happy to join the queue for a refill, leaving their precious…
I spend a lot of time in extreme environments where books of length are essential. Tolstoy’s doorstops were made for…
Alex Nye reflects on a biology lesson at school in the 1970s, and how it led to an early writing…
It’s never been clear to me what’s meant to happen in that bottom drawer. Will your manuscript magically rewrite itself?…
Like insomnia, or memory loss, or madness, writer’s block is something I prefer to keep in my peripheral vision. Like…
Dilys Rose speaks with Doug Johnstone about the challenges of multiple literary genres, collaborating with artists in other fields and…
When you’re used to publishing work in a book or journal, the idea of having words carved into stone is…
I love writers who can explain hugely complex subjects in a way that makes them accessible to the lay reader.…
My desire to make science fiction feel grounded, and contemporary drama strange and surreal, is probably just an example of…
Pauline Rowe explores the life and work of American poet, Frank Bidart. Pauline Rowe shares her latest literary obsession: the…
