Melanie cantor

There is a lot of pressure on the first line of a book. I imagine most authors want to be as quotable as Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley or It was the day my grandmother exploded. You may neve

K.S. Ford has always been a storyteller but only began writing novels after he retired in 2020. The Woman Who Loves is his seventh original story and the first one written outside of his own experienc

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

COME on, Jo. You haven’t been out with us for ages,” Gemma chided me, when she phoned. “It’s not good for you sitting about in that poky flat all on your own.” “I’m not on my own. I have Simon,” I cor

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Children’s Book Prize is running again this autumn, and we are looking for outstanding texts from unagented and unpublished authors.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

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