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Every morning is a feline re-enactment of an Ancient Greek drama, with me, the inadequate director, stage manager and Chorus.…
Adriana Hunter considers the limits of automated translation, and Brian Clegg rues our human tendency to reduce the world into…
After ten years as a novelist, I find the ‘perfect’ surroundings are not necessarily as conducive to writing as I…
George Saunders develops the acronym TICHN — things I couldn’t help noticing. In other words, referring back to his advice…
I felt swept away by Ondaatje’s prose, as if by water — and yet so often I would need to…
Elizabeth Barrett visits Sylvia Plath’s resting place in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Elizabeth Barrett visits Sylvia Plath’s grave and reflects on…
Many writers whose work is described as ‘literary fiction’ are uncomfortable with the label, largely because they’re unsure it actually…
Rebecca Goss speaks with John Greening about her collaborations with visual artists, the role of pamphlets and her shift to…
I’d like to suggest that inspiration, when it occurs, is more often a reward of close focus and intense working…
Writing a novel, one has to feel strongly about the theme that is its driving force, so discovering my underlying…
It occurred to me to wonder, each time I signed one of these letters, how many disappointed writers would remember…
I tried to get my novel published, naïvely posting it off to publishers without realising that, whatever they claim, they…
