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I still have my treasured copy of the sky-blue Heinemann edition of Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson. I still have…
When the writing is going well, my sense of self melts away; all those everyday concerns, that internal tiresome dialogue,…
I was a greedy reader but then I found that reading alone wasn’t enough to fuel my writing, so I…
I immediately understood how I could write a similar story, and I promised myself when I returned to England I…
Call me crazy but after that first novel was out I avoided libraries. Books became alien; standing in a bookshop…
Distractions are endless; from family, friends, bureaucrats, banks, social, and anti-social media. To write, I need to shut all that…
You’ve started writing your diary in Spanish since discovering that your mother reads it sometimes, but now she’s started learning…
At school I used to swallow a book in the lunch hour, and now I can do two in that…
Writers in my two groups have have won prizes and published extensively, but what is infinitely engaging is leaning in…
I love the power that story has to change the world; the inspirational memoir of someone more courageous than I…
Don’t be too grateful to anyone for giving you work. You have the talent they need. Don’t be too grateful…
Their care and attention, setting words on paper, makes you feel that thrill of recognition; you know with certainty that…
