Getting the fear

Don’t write what you know; write what you love. Writing my first novel, Lady MacBethad, was like the bursting of a pipe. The words gushed out of me, and the story flew onto the page with a kind of fre

Every journey begins with the first step, so why are we so impatient to get to the destination, asks Yasmina Floyer

Over my decades-long writing life, I’ve been a reader, judge and (sometimes) an organiser for many novel-writing competitions, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Modern living has given us a false sense ...

AFTER A LIFETIME OF AVOIDING CONFLICT, AUTHOR MARIANNE POWER THOUGHT SHE’D NEVER CHANGE – UNTIL A SESSION WITH TRAUMA THERAPIST ANNALIE HOWLING SET HER FREE FROM HER SHAME