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“The great poems are selfless”: Jonathan Davidson on poetry and literary activism

Jonathan Davidson is an all around brilliant poet, writer and literature activist. He tells us about pushing back against literary…

Aug 10, 2020

Jonathan Davidson

Aug 10, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Sophie Haydock: “discovering an idea is like falling in love”

Sophie Haydock has just signed a major publishing deal for The Flames, which follows the lives of the women who inspired Egon Schiele.

Jul 13, 2020

Sophie Haydock: “discovering an idea is like falling in love”

Jul 13, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Leone Ross on sex writing: “stop being hung up!”

Novelist and short story writer Leone Ross thinks that sex writing needs a better reputation. She tells us about the anatomy of a…

Jun 15, 2020

Leone Ross on sex writing: “stop being hung up!”

Jun 15, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Lucy Caldwell on Irish Writing: “I’m Interested in Cracks in the Facade”

Novelist, playwright and editor of “Being Various: New Irish Short Stories” Lucy Caldwell on the contradictions of national literature.

Jun 1, 2020

Lucy Caldwell

Jun 1, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Clare Fisher on Letting Female Characters Misbehave

Novelist and short story writer Clare Fisher tells the Word Factory about interrogating failure, female subjectivity, and why the topics…

May 25, 2020

Clare Fisher on Letting Female Characters Misbehave

May 25, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Farhana Khalique on how to keep writing (even when you don’t want to)

It gets said a lot: writing is hard. So why do we keep on going? Writer, teacher and Word Factory Apprentice Award winner Farhana Khalique…

May 4, 2020

Farhana Khalique on how to keep writing (even when you don’t want to)

May 4, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Ruby Cowling: ‘Short Stories and Novels are as Different as the Violin and Tympani’

Ruby Cowling has followed up multiple short story awards with her debut collection This Paradise which is long-listed for the 2020 Orwell…

Apr 27, 2020

Ruby Cowling: ‘Short Stories and Novels are as Different as the Violin and Tympani’

Apr 27, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Preti Taneja: ‘A Convincing Voice Should Set Your Reader’s Mind On Fire’

Preti Taneja is the recipient of the 2018 Desmond Elliot Prize for her debut novel We That Are Young. She shares her advice on shattering…

Apr 20, 2020

Preti Taneja: ‘A Convincing Voice Should Set Your Reader’s Mind On Fire’

Apr 20, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Tania Hershman on Hybrid Writing: “Leave the Labelling Up to Others”

Tania Hershman is an acclaimed poet and short story writer who’s known for breaking the boundaries of form. Her first hybrid book, ‘and…

Mar 23, 2020

Tania Hershman on Hybrid Writing: “Leave the Labelling Up to Others”

Mar 23, 2020

Dylan Brethour

Dylan Brethour

Dylan Brethour is a freelance journalist who writes about culture and politics. She’s covered stories from the lives cloistered nuns to cyborgs.

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