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“Among Adventurers as Amongst Rustics” Review

“Among Adventurers as Amongst Rustics” Review

Jo Lloyd — The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies
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Tom Conaghan
Around the World in Eighty Stories: Interview with Susmita Bhattacharya

Around the World in Eighty Stories: Interview with Susmita Bhattacharya

Interviewed by Lily Kuenzler for The Word Factory
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Tom Conaghan
The First Punch, by Jon McGregor

The First Punch, by Jon McGregor

The first punch is a shock. We’re taking a short-cut across where the old steelworks used to be, that huge old strip of land between the…
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Tom Conaghan
How I Wrote: Jon McGregor on ‘The First Punch’

How I Wrote: Jon McGregor on ‘The First Punch’

Jon McGregor’s first novel, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, was published when he was only 26, so his development as a writer ever…
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Tom Conaghan
How I Wrote: Chris Power on ‘The Crossing’

How I Wrote: Chris Power on ‘The Crossing’

The first in a new Word Factory series in which writers reveal the art and craft behind one of their stories.
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Tom Conaghan
A Sunday Service: Our Writing Prompts

A Sunday Service: Our Writing Prompts

This summer, The Word Factory’s series of ‘Sunday Writing Prompts’ enters its third year! Over this time we have evoked, intrigued…
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Tom Conaghan

FILMED MOMENTS

A few priceless moments from the Word Factory archive with Tania Hershman, Alexei Sayle, Yiyun Lee, Ben Okri, Lionel Shriver, Hanif…
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Cathy Galvin
Wyl Menmuir on Writing: ‘It’s the only real form of magic I know’

Wyl Menmuir on Writing: ‘It’s the only real form of magic I know’

Wyl Menmuir is a novelist, editor and literary consultant based in Cornwall. His first novel, The Many, was nominated for the Man-Booker…
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Giselle Leeb
Paul McVeigh: what does success look like?

Paul McVeigh: what does success look like?

Inaugural Word Factory Writer-in-Residence Paul McVeigh has a detailed knowledge of the joys and pitfalls emerging writers face. In Autumn…
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Cathy Galvin
Adam Marek on Fantastical Fiction

Adam Marek on Fantastical Fiction

Adam Marek is the author of the celebrated short story collections, Instruction Manual for Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. Word Factory…
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Giselle Leeb
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