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

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

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

The best new books you’ll love

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