John Mitchinson is the co-founder of Unbound, a revolutionary crowdfunding publishing concept. He is also the co-author of QI books and director of research for QI. As 26 Treasures builds support on the Unbound website, John tells Elen Lewis why we all need to make sure the 26 Treasures book sees the light of day. …more
Alice LaPlante is an author of fiction and non-fiction. She teaches creative writing at Stanford University and recently won the Wellcome trust Book Prize for 2011 for her debut novel Turn of Mind. Here she talks to Elen Lewis about how her business writing informs her fiction and what all first-time novelists should know. …more
What to do when you’re too busy to take on a job? Martin Lee offers practical advice on how to say no. It’s a nice problem to be too busy but you don’t want to lose a client for the future. Here are three ways to say no while making it sound like saying yes. …more
Valentines Day: Chocolates! Flowers! Snogs! Over-priced candle-lit dinners for two! Rubbish… February 14th sees the launch of Throwaway Lines, the second collection. Eight writers, eight stories from eight ‘new’ scraps. One a day starting with, ‘Husband my foot. Find me a man’. Join us once more at http://throwawaylines.org. Andy Hayes
Baby it’s cold, and wet, outside so brighten your days by losing yourself in one or two, or all of these recommendations from 26 members. From a punchy exhibition on journalism and conflict, to THE silent movie we’re all talking about, and a marriage plot… …more
Roger Horberry, writer, lecturer and author digs deep into the D&AD archive and it’s all about K. And a word in your ear. D&AD entries are down for Writing for Advertising and Writing for Design, which means some great work is not being entered. Deadline is 1 February. What are you waiting for? …more
Oompah. Oompah. This is where all your clever 26ers get to talk about the interesting stuff your writing. This month we bring you Rob’s town-twinny things, Helen’s PRICEY theatre, Alan’s motorcycling diaries and Paul’s Antarctic death …more
In this month’s profile of a 26 member, we talk to Nick Parker, creative director of The Writer and author of The Exploding Boy. Here, Nick reveals how his self published short stories got reviewed by The Guardian.…more
