For many writers, winning an award will be the crowning moment of their career: much needed proof that all the sleepless nights, hours of hard-work and effort spent editing and ...
I’ve written a few blogs before in recent years on different topics and the thing I’ve always found difficult is starting it off. Do I do the whole, ‘Hello reader, ...
I was interested to read today that Marvel Entertainment has decided to kill Spiderman. Although Columbia Pictures have rebooted the Spiderman film franchise, with The Amazing Spiderman set to be released ...
On a hot day, I like to take a blanket and a book into the back garden, lie with my face in the sun and think about how I’m going ...
When I sat down this morning, I had no idea what I was going to write. The cursor blinked mockingly at me on an empty white page and I was ...
What drives you to write? It’s a simple question but one many of us never actually explore. Although we often plan and plot every last twist and turn of our ...
I experienced a revelatory and yet slightly embarrassing moment a few weeks ago. I was walking home with a good-looking boy from my creative writing class and we were discussing ...
Last Thursday I handed in my creative writing dissertation. The product of four long months of hard work, seven packets of chocolate covered digestive biscuits, and one notebook. By the ...
Make up quotes from newspapers or an author you love for a boost in morale; insert your name here—”X’s writing is a tour-de-force” or “X is the most important ...
The London Word Festival 2011 Independently reviewed by Rob Fred Parker for Litro. Today, the London Word Festival launches its richly diverse programme which promises to explore the written ...
Nothing, or my own latest novel, however you want to look at it. I don’t read fiction when I’m writing and anyway only have time for New Scientist, ...
So far in my writing, I’ve tended to trust in the belief of James Joyce: “In the particular is contained the universal.” But in seeking publication for my own work, ...
When I look at the childhood photographs my parents took, my earliest memories start when I was about four years old. These pictures give me back the sensual feelings I ...
It is often said that the job of the poet is not to tell you what she felt, but to recreate the event or experience as closely as possible so ...
“Is this seat taken?” a woman made of sawdust and straw asked a man made of fire and brimstone. He said, “No,” and they sat on the lip of a ...
I’ve been having trouble coming up with ideas for this article. It’s my first piece for this new blog, after all, so the pressure is on to make a good ...
Everything is governed by luck—good luck and bad luck. Advance with caution. Continue Reading William Boyd: Prizewinning Author of A Good Man in Africa
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I used to relax by watching films and reading, and although that does still do it for me a lot of times it can be work. Now I’ve allowed myself ...
This week I went along to the London Review Bookshop to hear American academic James Shapiro answering questions on his new book, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? I was hoping ...
The Hugo Awards have been running for over fifty years and remain the best known literary award for science fiction writing. The nominees for this year were announced recently, so this ...
