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Another thrilling moment was the casting of Pete Postlethwaite as Van Gogh. His voice expressed all of Vincent’s passion. Another…
I had no idea anyone else would ever read what I had written, let alone publish my story, so nothing…
Familiarity risks blinding the writer to what is special. I want to recognise the habitual, but not be numbed by…
Ann Morgan speaks with Julia Copus about her significant ‘Three Little Things’ Ann Morgan and our host Julia Copus speak…
All the tables at Simple Pleasures were occupied by people on laptops; coders, writers, poets, songsters. The tables at Simple…
I’ve lost count of the number of artists I’ve seen live and become a fan of because I was saving…
Lesley Glaister recounts how her father’s death fuelled a fiction project that almost defeated her. Lesley Glaister recounts how her…
‘Nothing you ever write is ever wasted.’ What’s that supposed to mean? That you will be able to reuse the…
I also decided I would move to a new story each week, regardless what shape a piece was in. I…
Your newly chosen philosophy degree gradually morphs into a literature one, with a dose of Sartrean self-creativity. Your newly chosen…
Andrew Greig speaks with Doug Johnstone about historical fiction and Scottish culture, confronting his own mortality and the joys of…
He slapped a silver-cover version of JD Salinger’s novel down in front of each one of us. ‘Read it,’ he…
