Our very own Laure Van Rensburg (L.) is in The Bookseller today as her debut novel, The Downfall has been acquired in by Michael Joseph after a six-way auction. From The Bookseller: Editorial director Clio Cornish acquired UK and...

Hello, anyone and everyone reading this! I'm a complete newbie, so please be patient with me if I take a while getting used to forum tricks. :) I just tallied my notes for my new novel (I say 'new', as if I'm published: I'm not, although...

Michael Rosen, the much loved author of We Are Going on a Bear Hunt, was told he 'might not wake up' when he was put on a ventilator after being admitted to hospital with Covid. He's now safe at home and recovering. Click to read the...

First find yourself a shed where you can pretend to live in the distant past or future surrounded by memorabilia once belonging to a stranger and talk to yourself about things that 'talk to you'. Work introspectively within yourself but...

So... what's your story about? Someone I'd just met at a writers' meeting once asked me this question, and without much thought I enthusiastically started a detailed explanation of the plot with all its twists & turns. After a few...

Connect with some of the biggest names in global publishing plus a thousand other writers at the Summer Festival of Writing – now with up to a third off ticket prices! Latecomer tickets now available Whatever your writing goals this...

We wanted to create the ultimate novel writing course. A course that contains all the traditional tutoring of a professional MA, but super-charged with mentoring; events and genuine opportunities to get work published. Starts: 1 October...