One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

The Writing Magazine Children’s Book Prize is running again this autumn, and we are looking for outstanding texts from unagented and unpublished authors. We have two categories: picture books and chap

FOR more than three decades, Julia Donaldson’s works have enchanted children across the world. Her illustrious career has seen her writing more than 200 books which have sold millions of copies and be

Become absorbed in the journey, not the destination

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

CAMILLE gulped down her cup of coffee, snatched up her keys and hurriedly hauled back the living room curtains. It wasn’t like her to oversleep, and of course it had to be this morning, when she had a