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It’s a collaboration between the writers’ group 26 (I declare an interest as a founder) and International PEN, the worldwide...
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Starting out
You have an interest in writing and your thoughts are turning towards committing some ideas to paper, or turning pages of notes into a full manuscript.
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29th November 2020
That's not far from the truth when it comes to the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. I love putting this book together for...
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29th November 2020
Starting out as writers, we each have our own quirks and predilections (be that for lists, mind maps, plotting everything out first or...
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29th November 2020
Soon after the shortlisting announcement, I spoke to the mother of a boy I used to teach. I asked formally for her permission to dedicate my...
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The Beginning
It's no surprise that since I was little, I've always loved books. As I got older and read more, I realised whilst I loved Middle...
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29th November 2020
The new venue has a capacity of 98 - quite a difference from the 30 faces I expected to be addressing. But I'm big and ugly enough to...