Fiction

Malorie Blackman looks at the different genres of children’s books with a view to helping writers decide what kind of story they could write.

Thomas E. Kennedy focuses on a question that has empowered him – and could also empower you – as a writer.

Creative Writing Lecturer Derek Neale - in the second piece in his four-part 'Developing Your Style' series - on the thought process behind selecting...

Benjamin Zephaniah is known as a performance poet, but that’s only one of his talents – he’s also a reggae artist, children’s writer, novelist and...

Creative Writing Lecturer Derek Neale - in this third piece in his four-part 'Developing Your Style' series - on the importance of establishing your...

Creator of the dogged and often hard-drinking Edinburgh cop, Detective Inspector John Rebus, Ian Rankin is among the most successful crime novelists...