Issue 63 (Sep/Oct/Nov 2014)
In this issue
- Apartheid in publishing
- Stalking an agent
- Children's nonfiction
- How to decode a book cover
- Pacing your short story
Featured Writers
- Bernardine Evaristo
- Patience Agbabi
- Wendy Cope
- Maggie Gee
- Jessica Hynes
Special
Agenda
Colour bind: Is the UK publishing industry pigeonholing black women writers? Claire Hynes investigates
Survey
Big question: Is your reading prejudiced?
Interview
Patience Agbabi talks to Karen McCarthy Woolf
Features
First, stalk your agent: Sarah Hilary says publishing success is all about strategy and persistence
Coverology: Debbie Taylor on why a book cover so rarely reflects the actual contents of a book
Slow hand: Jackee Holder on how handwriting can access creativity
Directory
12 pages of competitions, calls for submissions, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues. See what’s available now.
Regulars
New writing
Wendy Cope introduces the winners and finalists in our Women’s Poetry Competition 2014
Publishing trends
What’s new in children’s nonfiction about isolation by Nicola Morgan
Books to look out for by Danuta Kean
How to write a bestseller, by Debbie Taylor
Literary agent interview: Elise Dillsworth
Author insights
Making a poem: Ruth Fainlight talks to Fiona Sampson
It works for me: advice from novelist Maggie Gee
Guides and masterclasses
Short story masterclass, by Margaret Wilkinson
Digidoings: guest blogging, by Katy Evans-Bush
Synopsis Surgery, by Kathryn Price
Sports writing, by Caroline Sanderson
Plus…
What went horribly wrong
For Kate Long
Bedside table
Jessica Hynes’ bedtime reading
Book reviews
Poetry, short story, nonfiction choice, reading group, independent press
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