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These poems are never conventionally published: they skittle through the air into the hearts of whoever’s present, as gifts. These…
The new editor gave us a long list of do’s and don’ts… I still don’t know why semicolons offend the…
A friend gave me a very elegant ladies writing desk. But it was designed for a time when ladies sat…
Lawrence Sail explores how some famous writers have tackled the subject of ageing. Lawrence Sail reflects on his experience of…
My friend the anarchist poet said he had no sympathy for anyone who used a computer. You plant the dragon…
I take to the stage at book festivals around the country, doing around twenty to thirty chairing gigs a year.…
Penny Boxall seeks inspiration at Laurence Sterne’s Shandy Hall, and Jonathan Edwards introduces the poet WH Davies. Penny Boxall seeks…
I write with the idealistic ambition to change the world. I see my work as little pieces of activism. I…
You made me a bed on the floor by the radiator, and let me sleep off my feverish homesickness. You…
It is now easier, more convenient, to refer to the fictional world I have created in that novel than my…
I decided to throw myself into doing as much promotion of the book as I could. It was something I…
Ruth Dugdall visits some famous writing spaces. Ruth Dugdall visits some famous writing spaces – from J. K. Rowling’s Edinburgh…
