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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.