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Jo Ann Beard’s ‘The Fourth State of Matter’ reads like literary fiction but is actually a true account of a…
Many years ago, I read Faiz and Lorca before embarking on a novel, and I remember feeling fresh, full of…
Juliet Gilkes Romero speaks with Ann Morgan about her career so far and her experience as writer in residence of…
I am a planner. But a kind of magic happens in the writing itself, whereby plots I’ve planned veer off…
Who makes or invests millions on a high-seas epic about lesbian pirates written by a complete unknown? Nobody. He listened…
Iain Banks said there was a secret website called www.ideasforwriters.com; ‘You just go there and it generates ideas for you’.…
While it’s true that most writers get better at receiving negative feedback, to have too hard a skin can be…
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi on how a textile art project in London’s East End pushed the boundaries of her work. Nathalie Abi-Ezzi…
My desert island discs luxury would be my MacBook, a solar-powered battery and a satellite-based broadband connection. What do you…
Juliet Gilkes Romero speaks with Ann Morgan about her journey into playwriting. Juliet Gilkes Romero speaks with Ann Morgan about…
You’re doing the right thing by reading everything you can. All the words you’ve consumed so far, and will do,…
Then my parents got sick, and suddenly life wasn’t solely about the highs and lows of school friendships and pet…
