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Making The Cut
Beth Miller discusses first novels and the value of writing that doesn’t make the final draft. Beth Miller discusses the…
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Trish Cooke – In My Bottom Drawer
Something about each of these ideas was compelling enough to force me to scrutinise and start the creative process; but…
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Penny Boxall – Rejection
Once I’ve selected one of the poems clamouring for attention as a sacrificial victim, I’ll send it off to one…
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Lucasta Miller – Writer’s Block
Tolstoy liked to go out with a scythe and work with the peasants. I’m not a nineteenth century Russian landowner,…
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Paul Dowswell, part 2
Paul Dowswell speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about publishers, dramatic stories and a key message for young readers. Paul Dowswell speaks…
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Philip Womack – Life-changing Literature
The first Iris Murdoch novel I ever read, aged about fourteen, was The Flight from the Enchanter. It was like…
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Syd Moore – Inspiration
There are huge gaps in our knowledge of the witch hunts. This is mainly due to illiteracy; in 1600 only…
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Searching for Silence
Martin MacInnes on his long quest for the perfect writing conditions. Martin MacInnes on his long quest for the perfect…
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Marina Benjamin – The Writing / Life Balance
I’m suspicious if the idea of a work-life, or writing life, balance is conscripted into a goal-driven agenda that has…
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Sara Wheeler – The Writer And Nature
Nature liberated Mary Kingsley from the bondage of self, and she prolonged her liberation by writing about it. Nature liberated…
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Clare Chambers – Writers Who Inspire Me
The story of Barbara Pym’s rediscovery by the literary world, sixteen years after being dropped by her publisher must give…
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Paul Dowswell, part 1
Paul Dowswell speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about childhood classics, his early career and knowing what you’re good at. Paul Dowswell…