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Lesley Thomson on writing about what you know

The curving outline of bricks slide above me. Silver rails, illuminated by headlamps seem to…

Time’s tricks: the perils of researching historical fiction

The clock hand drives us remorselessly towards our uncertain futures. Time does not go backwards.…

Faith Hogan on writing her latest book The Gin Sisters’ Promise

When I sat down to write The Gin Sisters’ Promise I didn’t really think about…

Georgie Hall on the inspiration behind Woman of a Certain Rage

Like Eliza, the heroine of Woman of a Certain Rage, I’ve found myself angrier in…

Matt Cain on the five books that shaped him as a writer

To celebrate PRIDE month and the paperback publication of his wonderfully uplifting novel The Secret Life…

What would you do if men were under Curfew?

It’s a good question, isn’t it? My novel After Dark explores what would happen if…

Writing a Split World: 99 Problems and a Unified Theory of Everything Ain’t One

I like writing weird, complicated stories. I like reading them too. It’s ultimately why I’m…

Liz Webb’s Five Favourite Marmite Characters

Hannah, the heroine of my debut novel The Daughter, has been described by some as…

Jo Harkin on the many-voiced novel

I love polyphonic fiction. I can say that now: I didn’t know until recently that…

E. Lockhart on books that are almost crime fiction

I am rather an inadvertent crime fiction writer. Though I dearly love a thriller (my…

Sinéad Crowley on the inspiration behind The Belladonna Maze

We were just finishing dinner when we heard the music. It was half past six,…