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20 Questions: Lesley Glaister
Lesley Glaister’s latest novel A Particular Man is out now (Bloodhound Books). A love story set in the aftermath of the Second World War, it’s told from the perspectives of three people linked by their love of Edgar, who died in a prisoner-of-war camp in the Far East. The novel showcases Glaister’s trademark mastery of plot and character development. Here’s a glimpse into her writing life.
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A thrutopian novel
Can the vast imaginations of women writers contribute to a sustainable and planet-friendly future? Manda Scott describes how she applied the thrutopian challenge to her latest novel.
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The voice of wisdom
Georgina Moore discusses why the main character of her novel The Garnett Girls is an older woman
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20 Questions: Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke’s new collection The Silence is a Poetry Book Society Spring 2024 Recommendation. The poems begin during lockdown, to whose silences Clarke listens so attentively that other voices emerge. As the book progresses, that silence deepens, in the poems about her mother and childhood, about the Great War and its aftermaths, and in her continuing attention to Welsh places and names, and the rituals which make that world come in to focus. Here she provides a quick insight into her creative process and context.
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A poem for World Poetry Day
In celebration of World Poetry Day 2024, we're sharing Linda France's poem 'Gorge'
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What's the point of writing?
To celebrate International Women's Day 2024 we're sharing Karon Alderman's story about why she kept writing, even though her writing career wasn't taking off
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