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You began your writing career as a poet. What inspired you to make the move to novels? I’ve never been beholden to the idea of being a poet. As a queer person, I never believed in these literary borde

It’s the cosy season of sitting down with a good book. Here, authors heading for Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival this month share their writing styles

Novels, for me, have come from somewhere I wasn’t looking. In my twenties I was carrying an idea about a woman wandering around Ireland on a quest she didn’t understand and I sat in the Reading Room o

Broadcaster and author Clare Balding shares the reads that have been her escape and inspiration

Look out for a future edition of heat edited by the bestselling author – if Katie Holloway manages to persuade him

What childhood book sparked your love of reading? One that really stands out for me is Winnie-the-Pooh. I was given a hardback copy on my seventh birthday, and I still treasure it. The maps in the fro