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Books I Enjoyed Most In 2019

I read a lot of good books in 2019. I am never sure about the idea of Best Books, or

In 2020 I’m continuing the ongoing series of new Four Elements workshops with Kellie Jackson of Words Away. Four Elements

Here towards the end of the summer break comes a post with info on writing and creativity workshops I’m leading

1. I saw Bhanu Kapil reading at the LRB Bookshop on Friday. An intense but joyful event – tales of

What’s the conflict, where’s the conflict? These questions often arise in creative writing, and sometimes I find them tiresome. Perhaps it’s

Kellie Jackson of Words Away and I have lined up two further day-long masterclasses on craft for the summer term.

I’m really happy to introduce a guest writing experiment from Zoe Gilbert. She’s chosen a topic that I myself encountered

Last month I felt very privileged to see Anna Burns talk about writing and read from her wonderful, prize-winning novel

Following on from the Character Questionnaire exercise that came out of last week’s masterclass, here is another writing experiment to help

On Saturday I led a masterclass on Character and Setting in conjunction with Kellie Jackson of Words Away. It’s the

In approximate order of reading, and including books published in other years, the books that I most enjoyed reading this

After a successful masterclass on the Craft of Voice at the end of November, Kellie Jackson of Words Away and