Mslexia

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In this magazine

ISSUE 11

Autumn/Winter 2001

Featuring… JOOLZ ◊ WENDY COPE ◊ SOPHIE HANNAH ◊ NINA BAWDEN ◊ LAVINIA GREENLAW ◊ KIRSTY WARK

Special

AGENDA

The hand across our mouths
Across the globe, writers experience government repression and extremist attacks. But this isn’t just someone else’s problem. Melanie Ashby on how censorship affects us all.

INTERVIEW

Poet and novelist Joolz talks to Melanie Ashby

FEATURES

Flights of fancy
While you don’t even have to leave the house to write a novel, the distances you cover may be great. Novelist Lesley Glaister on a writer’s inner journeys

Books without borders
We read pitifully few books from abroad compared with people in non-English-speaking countries. Sara Holloway tells us why we should read books in translation

Talk this way
The way we speak is important to the way we write. Carol Russell explores how African-Caribbean writers use patois, and shows how we can use the spoken word effectively

Trading places
Our beloved Bridget Jones’s Diary was sold to over 30 countries. Lorna Russell on the books that go global

Regulars

NEW WRITING: WATER

Poetry and prose selected by Wendy Cope

POETIC FORMS

Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
Rondeau Redoublé with a specially-commissioned example by Sophie Hannah

BEDSIDE TABLE

What Kirsty Wark likes to read

Plus…

STARTERS

Nuts & Bolts, First Person Singular, Getting Started in…, The Slush Pile

CREATIVITY

The Blank Page - workshop with Margaret Wilkinson
Word Surgeon with Dr Ingrid K

BOOKS

Literary analysis, Small Press Fiction, Best Ever Books by Women, Publishers' List profile, Mslexia book reviews

DIRECTORY

Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues