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
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
26 Stories of Christmas has been a fantastic success and there are still new stories to come through the rest of December. Read more about the project and explore the fantastic stories and illustrations. …more
Every month, we’ll be offering practical advice on all things writing, from generating ideas to negotiating contracts. Here, Elise Valmorbida offers three ways to write yourself happy! Now doesn’t the sound wonderful. …more
Trumpety trump trump. This is the place where all the clever people at 26 get to talk about the interesting stuff they’re doing. …more
What do you get when 26 writers meet 26 illustrators at Christmas time? 26 Stories of Christmas, of course. Not so long ago, we asked for writers to take part in the first ever 26 Christmas project. We had an idea it’d be a popular one. …more
When we asked if people were interested in taking part in 26 Treasures of Childhood, we weren’t sure if there’d be a trickle or a flood of replies. It turns out there was a flood. Once again, this proved that 26 members are a talented bunch: you’ve written novels, non-fiction, television and poetry for children. …more
At Wordstock, we’ll be launching our latest project, Throw Away Lines. We’re looking for 26 writers to create 26 short stories in 26 days. Each story will be based on rain-swept, wind-strewn (and frankly smelly), handwritten notes found on London’s streets over the past couple of years. Let us know at the event if you …more
Today’s the final day of 26 Flavours of Cornwall at the sub-tropical paradise Trebah Garden in deepest Cornwall. For the past 26 days, families and friends have been popping into Planters Café at Trebah and sampling the fruits of some creative collaboration between 26 and the Cornwall Design Forum. We paired 26 writers and 26 …more
