Young Writers News

Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2012

A Series of Unfortunate Events author to launch autobiographical All the Wrong Questions sequence this autumn  Read more...

Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2012

As the e-book becomes increasingly more popular is it worth buying a Kindle? Yes but don't throw your books away just yet, argues Abigail Newton. Read more...

Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2012

A new digital novel will overturn centuries of literary tradition by allowing readers to choose how they would like a story to end. Read more...

Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2012

Literary adaptations rule this year's Oscar nominations. But, for an author, having a book transformed by movie magic isn't always pleasant. Five writers tell Charlotte Philby what it's like to see your creation 'brought to life'. Read more...

Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2012

A blog containing some advice on writing from one young writer to others, by Naomi Toseland Read more...

Posted: Tue 21 Feb 2012

Stephen King picks Hesh Kestin and Terry Pratchett adds GK Chesterton to accompany their novels in million-book giveaway  Read more...

Posted: Tue 21 Feb 2012

Far from killing off the physical page, the rise of ebooks has enhanced our understanding of the written word and the people around it, says Gaby Wood  Read more...

Posted: Tue 21 Feb 2012

Colm Tóibín's 'New Ways to Kill Your Mother' is a delicate dissection of the dysfunctional family lives of writers, says John Preston  Read more...

Posted: Tue 21 Feb 2012

Opportunities for budding playwrights are now more plentiful than ever, but how do you make your play stand out from the rest? Catherine Love shares playwriting tips from the winner and runners-up of last year’s Papatango New Writing Competition… Read more...

Posted: Mon 20 Feb 2012

Schulman cunningly constructs her controversy – fictional, though with well-judged shadows of some factual scandals – to make easy moralising hard for readers, writes Mark Lawson.  Read more...