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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An Interview with Sally Kindberg

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

13th October 2020

Sally Kindberg is an illustrator and writer, who uses comic strip frames as ‘little theatres’ and is drawn towards dark humour and velvety black ink...

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Interview with Benjamin Zephaniah

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

28th October 2020

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...

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Interview with George Szirtes

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

28th October 2020

George Szirtes is a poet and translator. He has published several books and won various prizes including The Faber Memorial and the TS Eliot prizes.

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4 min read

Interview with Ian Rankin

Writers & Artists

27th July 2012

Edited

28th October 2020

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