On being unpleasant – and a new project for 2023 It’s the last entry in A Writer’s Advent, and it comes with deep thanks to all of the poets, novelists, dramatists and others who have given us so much good advice throughout December. Here’s the last tip, from me, with a plug for my newContinue reading “A Writer’s Advent – Day 31”
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A Writer’s Advent – Day 18
If there is one thing better than sound writerly advice, it’s sound writerly advice with a silly hat on.
A Writer’s Advent – Day 7
A.F. Harrold on jeopardy at the breakfast table A.F. Harrold is a very popular children’s writer, whose books include The Imaginary and the Fizzlebert Stump series. His funny, splendid cautionary tales and poems in the tradition of Hilaire Belloc have been illustrated by Emily Gravett, Sarah Horne, Chris Riddell and now, with his Book ofContinue reading “A Writer’s Advent – Day 7”
The Bell Jar 