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12th October 2020

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We interviewed One More Chance author Lucy Ayrton about basing a thriller inside a prison. For more free articles on the writing and publishing...

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12th October 2020

This article is about writing authentic working class characters in Young Adult fiction, a subject which is very close to my heart. I believe that...

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12th October 2020

One of the most rewarding but complex areas of writing, the teenage and YA market is as varied as any other but it poses its own challenges. As a...

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12th October 2020

Award-winning Irish author-illustrator Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick on the challenge of taking on myths and legends for her YA novel On Midnight Beach...

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12th October 2020

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19th January 2021

In this exclusive extract from the new edition of Writers' & Artists' Guide To Writing for Children & YA, Linda Strachan - author of over 70...

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12th October 2020

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24th January 2021

In this exclusive extract from the new edition of the Guide to Writing for Children & YA, author Linda Strachan discusses writing for younger...