The London Library Emerging Writers Programme, now entering its seventh year, is a unique opportunity which offers writers ...

SCENE + HEARD: The Festival of New Work returns to Smock Alley Theatre this February. The 2025 festival offers a thrilling mix of creativity and bold experimentation – think of it as a feast for the ...

Sleep deprivation made me an author. The first few months after having a baby are often described as a blur of sleepless ...

Sue H. Cunningham with 12 tips to make your YA novel stand out. A YA (young adult) novel is intended for a teen readership . . .

Time and space shifting: author David Cairns on the difficulties of writing detailed historical fiction set in Scotland from ...

The Curae Prize is a literary award just for writer-carers.A carer is anyone who looks after a family member, partner or ...

Children’s Books Ireland has now announced the six Fellows joining the fully-funded, career-altering Raising Voices programme ...

Morna Sullivan has been reading and writing poems since she could read and write. A member of the Coney Island Writers Group ...

Amy Jordan, author of The Dark Hours on how having a stellar literary agent in your corner makes everything so much easier . ...

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Bookshop.org is delighted to bring back its popular charitable initiative Read It Forward, in an expanded partnership with ...

Author Lily Samson on the writing of The Switch: gripping and unputdownable psychological thriller with a shocking twist . . ...