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Immerse yourself in our Cotswolds Writing Weekend in charming Stow-on-the-Wold (June 6-8, 2025). Perfect for writers and authors seeking inspiration, personalised mentoring, and structured [...]

Had you met me in my first year of school, you would never have pegged me as a future writer. Besides my awkwardness and social difficulties, I could not learn […]

I’m not sure that anything I’ve ever resolved to do at the start of the year has come to fruition. Something about the demands made by new year’s resolutions, the […]

As writers, we often face a dilemma: we need to keep writing, but sometimes our creativity runs dry. That’s when taking a break isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. But […]

In the final paragraph of his Origin of Species, Charles Darwin talks about the grandeur of nature in its many forms. He remarks on the fact that the complexity of […]

Today we’re announcing the winners of both our October/November and December/January flash fiction challenges with huge apologies for the delay, but with huge congratulations too. [...]

Jane Evans, former CEO of Ntataise Network Support Programme, which provides extensive early childhood development across South Africa, has been part of our community for many years. A [...]

Getting your book published is the culmination of a long journey. The hard work is done and now you can sit back and let your book find its way to […]

This is an extract from Jo-Anne’s first book, The Innocence of Roast Chicken.  Much of the coming-of-age novel is devoted to the narrator’s life on her grandparents’ chicken farm in […]

  Gail Gilbride is part of the All About Writing furniture (in the best possible way), which is why we were as thrilled as she when a boutique American publisher […]

by Cathy Park Kelly I have a small vase on my desk (a gift from a writer friend) that I look at when I’m wrestling with self-doubt. It says: Hey […]