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Agent Extravaganza 2024

Are you at the point in your writing journey where you’re ready to land a literary agent? Then our highly-anticipated virtual Agent Extravaganza is for you!

The Mslexia Christmas Gift Guide 2023

You’ve trawled the shops, the internet has taken you down a rabbit hole from which you’ve only just emerged, and you’re still no further forwards. I’m Jo, I work for Mslexia, and I might just be your fairy godmother when it comes to buying thoughtful, writerly gifts this Christmas.

20 Questions: Jane Clarke

To mark National Poetry Day on 5 October, we asked Irish poet Jane Clarke to tell us about her writing life. Jane’s latest collection A Change in the Air is shortlisted for both the Forward and T S Eliot prizes this year.

20 Questions: Ava Glass

Bestselling spy novelist, whose protagonist Emma Makepeace has been dubbed the female ‘heir to James Bond’, tells us about her writing life.

A poem for Forest Week

An extraordinary owl poem by Yvonne Reddick

Taking a line for a walk

Where do ideas come from? How do you turn a mere inkling of inspiration into a story? In Issue 99, Louise Doughty tells us how she went to Amsterdam to find out

Short story: Pieces of Mars have fallen to Earth

Mslexia competition winner shortlisted for 2023 BBC Short Story Award

Indie presses dominate prize shortlists

The longlist for this year’s Booker Prize was announced in August – and seven out of the 13 books selected by the judging panel were published by independent presses.

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