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Miranda France describes the close analysis required by translation. Miranda France describes the benefits of translation work for a writer:…
A Cornish cottage, a Tuscan island, a wooded valley, Emylia Hall seeks the solitude from which her writing can spring.…
Morgen Witzel explores the difference between history and historical fiction, from information to entertainment. Morgen Witzel compares history and historical…
Chris Arthur struggles with writing his own bio, and criticises the literary bragging that seems to be required. Chris Arthur…
Tania Hershman describes her experiences of being a writer-in-residence, from a biochemistry lab to a cemetery. Tania Hershman appreciates the…
Kevin Clarke discovers the history of the English court echoes his experience of the cut-throat world of television drama. After…
Fraser Grace unexpectedly finds he may have a future in writing about his own past. The writer gradually learns to…
Strategies to break the curse of writer’s block, when creative invention fades. Writer’s block can be a dark tunnel where…
Duncan Forbes describes the challenges and insights of translating poetry Duncan Forbes describes the challenges and consolations of translating poetry…
Unused research: a concatenation of vice, gambling, Mormonism, hideous landscapes, a dead sea, padlocked beer — and the atomic bomb.…
Is ‘having a message’ or ‘wanting to say something’ old-fashioned and a detriment to the development of great art? ‘Having…
Does the art of turning ‘true life’ into biography, film or television inevitably lead to a manipulation of the truth.…
