Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement a...

Thirty years after winning the Booker for The Ghost Road, Pat Barker discusses feeling like an outsider, writing about men, and the under-representation of working-class voices

Twenty-one years after the publication of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury), bestselling author Susanna Clarke has returned to the world of the novel in a short story, The Bishop of Durham At...

Many years ago, right before I quit my job as a book publicist, a coworker knocked on my office door and asked me if I wanted to accompany her to a reading. Stressed, distracted and with one tote b…

This seminar series looks at the ways in which neurodivergence intersects with creative writing, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and teachers to explore linkages, disconnects ...

The author of the Harold Fry trilogy discusses her new novel, The Homemade God (Doubleday)

Job Description: ‘Beyond the Spectrum’ Autistic Lead Writer  Writing East Midlands, in partnership with Bradford 2025, is seeking an Autistic Lead Writer for BEYOND THE SPECTRUM, a creative writing pr...

With the Noughties music scene serving as a backdrop, Holly Brickley’s debut novel explores the connection between music, art and love.

The book subscription service FairyLoot and Transworld are launching a new fantasy publishing imprint, the name and logo of which will be announced at the London Book Fair in March.

Danny Brocklehurst’s much loved comedy drama raised the bar – now he is calling for greater representation across the industry

The Northern Publishing Team wish you a Happy New Year and share the titles they can't wait to dive into in 2025.

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OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!We're now open for submissions for Future Worlds Prize 2025. We're looking for unpublished writers of colour working on any sort of SFF, from romantasy to horror, dystopias and sp...

The NorthBound Book Award-winning Kingfisher, from writer and Arvon creative writing course leader Rozie Kelly, centres on a queer man who finds himself attracted to an elusive older woman.

The NorthBound Book Award-winning Kingfisher, from writer and Arvon creative writing course leader Rozie Kelly, centres on a queer man who finds himself attracted to an elusive older woman.

"How do we talk about people who are cut off from their emotions?", asks Carr’s The Boy from the Sea.