No. That won’t work. A watch will make me think of time and time reminds me of death and death means funerals and at funerals there is always some guy standing ...
Sometimes I like to pretend that I’m not really a city boy. Mostly on those days when the London air feels lifeless and vile, and so still that it sits ...
When I’ve walked away from all the images of massacres and witches, bandits and clashing armies and lunatics, and when the pictures of kings and gods have faded away, the ...
A new study to be published in the September issue of the journal Social Science & Medicine has found that people who read books for 30 minutes a day lived ...
If the great barometer of public opinion Trip Advisor is to be believed then Ha Long Bay is an enigma, both a glorious wonder of the world and a dangerous ...
My hospital does not do rape kits. This bothers me but not enough to make me quit.
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Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
How hard can it be to find the right title for your novel? You’ve done so much heavy lifting – sweated over several drafts, weaved together complicated plot lines, fleshed ...
Writing, by its very nature, is a solitary and inward pursuit. Most writers will be able to identify with Proust scribbling away in his cork-lined room, averse to any contamination ...
Every writer deserves the freedom to explore while at the same time being treated with the same artistic integrity afforded to those not side-lined by a flawed labelling system. A ...
Reece Choules is handed a white envelope while passing through Waterstones, and wonders whether it might be the future of publishing. Continue Reading More Writing About Writing: His ...
In his latest column, Reece Choules calls upon the spirit of a literary hero for advice and inspiration. Continue Reading More Writing About Writing: Q&A with Dostoevsky
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Tracey Iceton considers the thorny question of whether creative writing can be taught, and finds that the answer isn’t a simple yes or no. Continue Reading Teach Me ...
An appealing and immersive portrait of the modern writer, and the many different ways people perceive the world. Continue Reading Book Review: Outline by Rachel Cusk
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Reece Choules returns with his ‘More Writing About Writing’ column, and the familiar problem of trying to balance the desire to write against the need for a social life. ...
Bestselling travel writer Rory MacLean introduces Litro #135: Somewhere Between the Borders. Continue Reading Over the Border
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Ben Fergusson – author of our current Book Club read, The Spring of Kasper Meier – considers the time he spent living in Berlin, and how it changed the way ...
I punished her on a Thursday. Sent her to her room. “No, I don’t want a hug”, I said, brushing past her outstretched arms, slicing off her sorry. ...
“So what did other writers do? What did other writers say? Some of them said write what you know. Some of them said write what you can imagine. Some of ...
