Festive fiction!

Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

Every autumn we run the Writing Magazine Children’s Book Prize, with both picture book and chapter book categories. And it’s time for the submission window to open again! This autumn in the picture bo

As a lifelong lover of all things Beatrix Potter, her animal characters feature in some of my favourite pieces. The sampler was completed many years ago; I couldn’t resist it when I found the kit. The

Here’s another chance to enter our short story competition with thriller writer Paula Hawkins. Get your entries in by 27 October

Our lives, your lives... that’s life!

Emma is lonely and missing her old life – could the kindness of a new neighbour help her embrace a fresh start?