“is there something in adopting the voice of a god, but giving him very human qualities and frailties? It turned out that adopting a persona that revolved at once about both being powerful and powerless was a great parallel for exploring subjects like climate change.”
They were stones in a champagne flute,
I was always bound to smash.
But they were there for a while,
hanging on, two faceless punters waiting
for the gag, and then it all slipped out
of me as easily as a giggle. Once is a mistake.
Twice is careless. By the end of it
you could hear a pin drop in my heart.
“In the case of obstetric and gynaecological history, it felt important to resist chronological or medical linearity. Working towards a happy ending would have been too easy and would have felt like a formal parroting of the unstoppable trajectory of ‘scientific progress’ that I wanted the book to question. “
“The 7 – 11 age group is for me the most joyful of childhood – their imagination is boundless, they are brave and unjudgmental, and the self-consciousness of the teen years has not yet set in.”
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Blog: Creative nonfiction demands a balance between factual information and literary technique.
Continuing her series, Lizzie Hubbard writes about studying a creative writing degree remotely during a pandemic.
Miki Lentin shares how he came to enjoy reading and the books that forged this relationship.
Jess Sturman-Coombs shares her reading journey and the stories that have stayed with her.
Continuing her series, Lizzie Hubbard writes about studying a creative writing degree remotely during a pandemic.
Liz Bolton shares her experience of libraries and what the future may hold in the current climate.
In a new series, Lizzie Hubbard writes about studying a creative writing degree remotely during a pandemic.
Lyndsey Garrett reviews her experience of the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
Our submissions are now closed.
The theme for this round is Fight or Flight.
As always, we accept poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction from UK-based writers.
We highly encourage underrepresented writers to enter.
The deadline is Friday, November 6th at 5 pm.
