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If only you could have the friendship of fellow-poets, the respect of your peers! But all that’s some years in…
There are male writers who think being a writer will impress the ladies, which it never does. Best say you’ve…
I’m not the kind of poet whose work is archivable in the conventional way. Only a forensic IT specialist would…
Penny Boxall explores tapestry making and how the craft of weaving has influenced her poetry and fiction. Penny Boxall explores…
I became mildly obsessed – okay, not so mildly – with a friend who described herself as an ‘arch-planner’. I…
Names read out in reverse order. Ten, nine, eight. With each name, another swig of Bloody Mary. Seven, six, five.…
I whittled the cemeteries down to two. My editor was adamant — two was still too many. And of course…
Gwyneth Lewis speaks with John Greening about having an odd mind, the attraction of poetic sequences, and her astronaut cousin.…
Half way down the first page of a new novel I’d shrug. Nothing wrong with the writing, just that I…
I phoned Paddy Power the bookmaker and asked for odds on a novelty bet: Scarborough winning a Scotsman Fringe First.…
Amanda Dalton considers the recurring theme of ‘home’ in her writing and theatre work. Amanda Dalton considers the recurring theme…
Sometimes, when I sit down to write, despondent because my mind feels empty, the magic happens anyway. Like Dorothy Parker,…
