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Award-winning speculative fiction author Claire North takes us through how to develop the premise of a story, and just where asking why could take...

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14th November 2017

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22nd December 2020

Writers & Artists sit down with Wyl Menmuir, whose debut novel The Many was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2016, ahead of his appearance at...

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6th November 2017

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23rd September 2020

Author Amanda Hickie discusses how she reluctantly learnt to write what she knows.

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24th January 2021

'Where do you get your ideas?' is a question authors get asked a lot. Bestselling children's author Tony Bradman tries to find the answers.

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23rd September 2020

Author, poet and journalist Benjamin Myers serves up a list of writing tips they never teach you.

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5th June 2017

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9th December 2020

I'm in my bed in the dark, a snoring one year old squashed into my side, a crick in my neck, and the sound of a rainforest downpour echoing around...