26 co-founder Tom Lynham is better at describing what he’s not, whether it’s ex-woodworker or ex-musician, and add to that ex-26 Company Secretary. Fortunately, he hasn’t added ‘writer’ to his list of exes and is working on another word installation at the Southbank Centre for this summer. What’s your day job? Corporate psychotherapist. [...]
26er Rishi Dastidar writes poems in his spare time. Alongside nine others, he has been shortlisted for Complete Works II, a national development programme for advanced Black and Asian poets culminating in a final anthology published by Bloodaxe. He talks to Elen Lewis about winnowing down his couplets and why he thinks the best collective [...]
26er Gordon Kerr has written lots of books. We think it’s 52 but Gordon’s lost count. They include short histories, collections of poetry, and true crime with gruesome titles like Killers With Cold Hearts. He talks to Elen Lewis about working at Waterstones, discovering electro swing, and not writing in a bubble. What’s your day [...]
26er Sarah Farley has been working hard behind the scenes on 26 Miles and 26 Treasures of Childhood. In an interview with Elen Lewis she reveals what she’s learnt from the young storytellers at The Ministry of Stories and her quest to fix the missing apostrophes across London. What’s your day job? I’m a freelance [...]
What’s your day job? My day job is allovertheshop. I switch from brand consultancy, to copywriting, to design, to fiction, to teaching, to voluntary work, to project management, to, er… What are your private passions? If I tell you my private passions, they won’t be private any more, no? Shall I tell you my PIN [...]
Day job Poet and creative consultant. I travel around the world writing poems, performing poems and helping other people to write and perform poems (that also involves a lot of work in educational settings). I also devise and direct projects that allow me to do more of the above, or engage other poets and writers [...]
Day job: I’m a full-time writer. Private passions: They’re rather tame, I’m afraid – I like reading and knitting. What do people get wrong about you? They think I’m an exciting creature who would never sit at home reading or knitting. What do you like best about belonging to 26? There are [...]
Suzie is one of our newest members so we were delighted when she decided she wanted to share a bit more about herself with us. Here’s introducing Suzie!
In this month’s profile of a 26 member we talk to Sarah McCartney about Lush, Wordstock, and becoming an accidental perfumer. …more
In this month’s profile of a 26 member, we talk to Fiona Thompson, writer and harpist. Here, she tells us about 26 Treasures of Childhood, the crossover between words and music, and how to beat writer’s block. Day job: Having written articles for national newspapers and magazines, and had a spell in a business psychology [...]
In this month’s profile of a 26 member we talk to bestselling novelist and the maestro behind Wordstock 2012, Sara Sheridan. Here, Sara reveals a love affair with Twitter, the story behind her new novel Brighton Belle and the importance of grabbing people’s imagination …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
Every month, we’ll be profiling a different member of 26. November brings Andy Hayes, the rubber gloves and brains behind our latest project, Throwaway Lines who reveals what people get wrong about him and a private passion for Haribo Tangfastics …more
