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
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
This month we go back to look at articles inspired by the letters I and J. …more
Every month, we’ll be interviewing a writer about their craft and what it means to be working with words. As his latest show, OLD ME opens at the Roundhouse, spoken word artist, Polarbear, talks to Elen Lewis about fixing words and favourite rhymes …more
Every month, we’ll be offering practical advice on how to do things, from negotiating to growing your business to keeping clients happy and more. Here, Sarah McCartney on three ways to fill up with ideas. ..more
James Hogwood, senior copywriter, AKQA digs deep into the D&AD archive and it’s all about H. …more
