Jessica Johnson was an Orwell Youth Prize Senior winner in 2019, responding to the theme ‘A Fair Society?’. We asked her where she got her inspiration for ‘A Band Apart’ and what motivates her to write

Nadia Lines was named a winner of the 2019 Orwell Youth Prize for their poem, The Aptitude Test Kid.

Nadia Lines was an Orwell Youth Prize Senior Winner in 2019, responding to the theme ‘A Fair Society?’. We asked her where she got her inspiration for ‘The Aptitude Test kid’ and what motivates her to write.

On the 31st October, Brighton Dome hosted an interview with Canadian novelist, literary critic and inventor Margaret Atwood. 

Francesca Morgan was an Orwell Youth Prize Junior winner in 2019, responding to the theme ‘A Fair Society?’. We asked her where she got her inspiration for ‘The Faceless Drug’ and what motivates her to write.

From Harry Potter to The Book Thief and sci-fi to historical fiction, this month we’re asking what book are you unable to put down, and why?

"Before winning, the thought of one day becoming a published author felt like a bit of a ‘pipe dream’ maybe; since winning, it feels like anything is possible!"

Multi-award winning author says you have to "trust your gut and write it your way, do it your way and break all the rules"

West Yorkshire writer succeeds Carol Ann Duffy as poet laureate – and is paid in sherry

The list features a diverse range of titles, from examinations of contemporary life to retellings of myths and legends

Helen Bowell talks us through her latest projects, opportunities in arts administration and lots of delightful poetry things!

We catch up with Alexandros Plasatis, an immigrant ethnographer who writes fiction in English, his second language, and recently completed a project for Writing East Midlands working with refugees and asylum seekers.