This is a bit of email correspondence between 26 boardster Elise Valmorbida (right, above) and 26er Veronika Dapunt (left) who’s currently launching her debut...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
In the tradition of Japan’s 72 gardening seasons, I’m posting a regular short piece every 5 days (the length of...
And He Shall Appear is the stunning debut by 26 member, Kate van der Borgh. When the young, working class narrator...
This November I spoke with artist, illustrator and designer Lydia Thornley. We met in the Terrace Café at the British...
Thursday 16 October, 10am-4.00pmCentral London Are you writing briefs that ignite your audience’s creativity, or are you ticking boxes? A...
At the Bloomsbury Festival back in October, 26er Sarah Farley led a workshop during which we were each given colour...
Julian Gorham is a copywriter and poet. Nelly Dimitranova is an artist and joint winner of the Hugh Casson Drawing...
Publications Miss Veal and Miss Ham As well as being involved in the utterly engaging 26 Bridges project with my...
“Journalism gives writers a backbone.” Timothée Chalamet in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. ‘Oh, so you can do PR, write...
The 26 Emerging Writer Award, supported by Quietroom, is for someone who began commercial writing in the last five years. You...
The Park of the Hospital at St Rémy, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh. Photograph: Museum Folkwang Essen Impossible skies, trees that...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). You might have seen – or more to the point, heard – that...
My writing resolution for 2018 is not to settle for the first idea. I heard a neuroscience lecture last...
Image by Thought Catalog on Unsplash (Left), and AI response (Right) At 26 we’re always looking to explore this question...
Rob’s Uncle Donald, who passed away in 1963, aged 29. Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
You’re probably sitting in your home or office thinking, how many more months of this wet and cold climate must...
Our project with Fine Cell Work is just beginning, with writers and editors being confirmed this month. But, thanks to...
Elise Valmorbida interviews Oana Aristide about her debut novel, Under The Blue, recently published by Serpent’s Tail. Aristide’s novel follows...
Elise Valmorbida reflects on her recent experience as President of the Jury, offering you not one, but five good reasons...
Journalist, editor and 26er Jonathan Whiley has interviewed thousands of people. From an interview with Ray Mears that led to...
Last month, John Simmons published a new volume of poetry inspired by the Spanish city of Seville. Discussing the collection,...
News My poem ‘Prime Minister Walpole leaves office, 1742‘ appeared in _Poems for persons of interest_, March 2026. I attended...
By Elena Bowes Pack your sunscreen, books, notes, laptop and an open mind. It’s time to write. Vacationing while writing...
There’s still time to enter 26’s Emerging Writer Award, supported by Quietroom, for someone who began commercial writing in the last...
26 founding member and author of the Live Canon-shortlisted pamphlet Berliners, John Simmons, invites 26ers and Dark Angels to join...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power...
Wordstock has been a part of 26’s calendar for more than a decade, and for the last three years it...
Rob’s Dad coming across his name in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of...
Welcome back to A Writing Life, our series of monthly articles written by long-time 26 member and contributor Rob Self-Pierson....
My first solo travel experience was to San Francisco in December. I knew I’d have lots of luggage to take:...
Another gap; of Imbolc and pink skies and fiery horses. February has been muddy. Each day the minutes before sunset...
Before we wave goodbye to 2019, here’s a round-up of some of 26’s favourite books of the year. My book...
26 has always focussed on the importance of letters – I even hear the alphabet had something to do with...
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
By the time we gather it’ll be Spring, so we’re looking forward to a bright and inspiring evening. Yes, that’s...
Wild Arts in rehearsal for Eugene Onegin, on tour this summer (Photo by Anastasia Tikhonova) News I’m excited that my...
This year’s certificates, created by Phil Cleaver. Emerging Writer award There’s still plenty of time to enter yourself or nominate...
All humans are creative – but that doesn’t mean great ideas come easily. It can feel like a dark art,...
If you have taken part in any of the 26 projects in the past 12 months, you are in with...
Alan Stevens, author of The Exceptional Speaker, offered pointers on how to deliver exceptional speeches to a room full of...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram John Simmons describes how his poem grew out of the 26 radio series...