Alex Wheatle MBE, award winning author and trailblazer for the Black British community, is not short of a story as he depicts his experience as an author within the UK and talks of how he chooses to evolve constantly as a creative.

An author, editor and self-confessed romantic genre lover is tackling the publishing industry by championing books that incorporate the diverse stories of love, with characters that celebrate representation. 

This week on instaviews we will be interviewing Instagram poet and self-published author, J R Darbon. 

Kurt Vest talks us through his new book The First Dimension, and what impact Artificial Intelligence may already be having on our lives. 

Introducing Anne Welsh: entrepreneur, activist, author. 

James + Jack: The Adventure Begins author James Riding reveals his top tips for writing, designing and colouring your very own comic book

With his first young adult novel, Run, Riot, having been recently released, author Nikesh Shukla takes some time to talk to Voice about his writing process, tackling diversity in publishing and having your voice heard.

There has been lots of research into the links between creativity and mental illness; one discovery is that writers are most likely to be affected.

I attended a panel discussion with leading YA author Lisa Williamson (The Art of Being Normal), senior editor Vicky Blunden (Myriad editions) and Leicester-based author Bali Rai. The event was held in one of the University of Leicester's lecture theatres.

Alexander Gordon Smith is an award winning young adult author who will be running workshops at Latitude this year. We caught up with him to discuss working life as a writer and the joy of speaking at festivals...