Interview with Windham-Campbell Prize winner Ashleigh Young
The Windham-Campbell Prizes were recently awarded to lucky novelists, playwrights, and poets. Norah Myers interviews one winner, Ashleigh Young, here. 1) Huge congratulations on winning…
Writing
Interview with award-winning author, Kate Hamer, on Curtis Brown Creative
Curtis Brown Creative offers six-month novel writing courses based in their London offices. Norah interviews CB alum Kate Hamer here. 1) What motivated you to…
Interview with Pageturner Prize winner Leaf Arbuthnot
Leaf Arbuthnot is a feature writer at the London-based Sunday Times. She also writes poetry reviews for the Times Literary Supplement and draws cartoons as…
Nibbies shortlisted What Belongs to You: Interview with author Garth Greenwell
Norah Myers interviews Garth Greenwell about his debut novel, shortlisted for a Nibbies (or The British Book Award), What Belongs to You. 1) Huge congratulations…
Curtis Brown Creative: An award-winning author’s perspective
Curtis Brown Creative offers in-person courses and online courses for students interested in writing fiction and nonfiction. Norah Myers wanted to know more from a…
A budding author’s experience of The London Book Fair
It’s London Book Fair! A daunting prospect for rookies starting out… Bookollective co-founder Esther Harris remembers Day 1 of her first Fair as a new…
Why professional ghostwriters don’t work for peanuts [winning blog idea February]
Each month BookMachine offers a community member, with great ideas, the chance to write on the site. February’s winner was Emma Murray, who wrote for…
Why writing rules and outlining won’t squelch your creativity
Lisa Poisso is a fiction editor and book writing coach working with independent authors and new authors seeking representation. Lisa helps emerging authors tune their…
The PTC’s Copywriting for Publishers
On a cold day in November, I was lucky to be the first person clicking on a button that said I want to win! Actually,…
10 Questions for Vitek Tracz, founder of F1000Research
Vitek Tracz is the founder of F1000Research, an open research publishing platform based on open and transparent peer review that offers immediate publication of an…
8 writers receive the phone call of a lifetime: Windham-Cambell Prizes announced
The director of the Windham-Campbell Prizes at Yale University made the call of a lifetime to eight unsuspecting writers this week, and informed them that…
Top 5 productivity books for writers
I’m a productivity nerd – nothing delights me more than a how-to guide on getting organised and getting things done. Over the years I’ve gathered…
Write to the End of Your Novel: Interview with Anna Davis
Norah Myers recently interviewed Curtis Brown Creative’s Rufus Purdy about Curtis Brown Creative, the writing school led by the team at Curtis Brown. Here, she…
Curtis Brown Creative writing school: Interview with Rufus Purdy
Curtis Brown Creative is the only writing school to be run by a literary agency, and offers selective novel-writing courses in London and online. Here,…
Building the book in public
For most publishers, the finished book is not just the main unit of currency but the single external output from the publishing process. Galleys or…
