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In this magazine
ISSUE 5
Spring/Summer 2000
Featuring… PAT BARKER ◊ MAGGIE GEE ◊ CAROL CLEWLOW ◊ MAGGIE O'FARRELL ◊ JULIE BURCHILL
Special
AGENDA: Reviews
Reviewing the reviewers
The reviews pages are most people's main window into the world of literature. Debbie Taylor looks through that window – and finds a room where men outnumber women by over two to one
INTERVIEW
Novelist Pat Barker talks to Debbie Taylor
FEATURES
A passion for crime
Best-selling crime author Val McDermid investigates women’s curious obsession with grisly murder
Publicity: a writer's guide
If you thought writing your book was difficult, wait until you start trying to get it noticed. Novelist and ex-publicist Terri Paddock gives a crash course in PR
A class apart
Today programme survivor Kate Clanchy asks whether women poets are judged differently to men
Speak easy
These days its vital for writers to be able to perform their work. So take a deep breath, put your shoulders back and project your voice with Julia Darling, the founder of the Poetry Virgins
MIND AND BODY: Dreamcatching
Roselle Angwin describes how you can harness your dreams and allow them to inspire your writing
Regulars
NEW WRITING: ALIENS
Poetry and prose selected by Maggie Gee
POETIC FORMS
Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
Haiku with a specially-commissioned example by Jackie Hardy
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Julie Burchill 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
THE Mslexia ARCHIVE
You can browse back issue contents year by year below, or click to view the full archive list.
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BOOKS
What to read, what not to read: Mslexia readers & reviewers give their verdict on the latest books, plus our celebrity guest reveals what's on her Bedside Table. Explore Books
THE Mslexia INTERVIEW
We find out what makes a successful author tick in this in-depth one-to-one on the highs and lows of writing and getting published. Read from the current Mslexia Interview
NEW WRITING
Sample the best freshly-picked writing as chosen by our guest author and read her essay; plus - we announce the new submission theme. Go to New Writing
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