I’m obsessed with botanical art at the moment – the lush, overwhelming sensuality of flowers depicted in incredibly precise scientific... Read More
26 member Nick Parker has come up with a simple method to help anyone find their tone of voice, and... Read More
John Simmons has news from Edinburgh, where he also spotted the above 26, in Milnes Bar: I gave a talk/reading... Read More
This month saw the publication of OTHERS, by Unbound. I know there are so many demands on your attention, and... Read More
Projects are right at the heart of 26 – an opportunity to flex our writing muscles in new ways and,... Read More
A choir of angels gathered in Gospel Oak earlier this month to celebrate the launch of On Writing, the book... Read More
Naomi’s Poem is a therapeutic correspondence between my sister and I as we deal with some cliff-edge health news. Sections... Read More
Last month Dark Angels, the creative writing for business collective, trialled an experimental new course at Matisse’s former home in... Read More
Elise Valmorbida has some special news about her novel, The Madonna of the Mountains, which was recently awarded the Victorian... Read More
Place and Peace: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Europe 26 member David Manderson, of the Scottish Pen Writers for Peace committee, will... Read More
Writing in response to the photography of Diane Arbus 4 May 2019 @ 2–5pm Join 26 board member and Dark... Read More
Firstly, an exciting update from Elise Valmorbida. After a whirlwind trip to Melbourne, her book The Madonna of the Mountains... Read More
Having contributed to a few 26 projects over last few years, I’m now trying to focus on a longer piece... Read More
The Institute of Stories I’m launching a new event in Porthleven, Cornwall. The idea is simple – to share stories,... Read More
Elise’s novel The Madonna of the Mountains is on the national fiction shortlist for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019.... Read More
I want to share a project I’ve been working on with my very good friend Charlie at Urban Writers’ Retreat. It’s a... Read More
I was one of the writers who contributed to the Armistice 100 Days Project. My centena Little is Known….’ was the... Read More
I’ve just returned from participating in events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the Byron Writers Festival (Australia). I’m... Read More
The London Writers Awards is Spread the Word’s new annual development programme for talented London writers. Currently open for application,... Read More
Argentum Apothecary – the multi-award winning skincare brand – are seeking their first full-time copywriter. Could it be you? The... Read More
We Were the Salt of the Sea We Were the Salt of the Sea by Canadian writer Roxanne Bouchard. A... Read More
Sidekick Books, the press I co-run, has been nominated for the Saboteur Awards in the Most Innovative Publisher and Best... Read More
26’s historian, Justina Hart, took her writing to Australia for two weeks this year, thanks to a grant from Arts... Read More
How can writers use video to promote our businesses? I was convinced that doing a bland pitch to camera for... Read More
A non-exhaustive, definitely non-expert account of what I’ve learned so far. By Sophie Gordon It all started with a... Read More
Jacob Sam-La Rose I just launched a new generative poetry bot on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thepoemthedream And I’ve recorded an episode of Poetry... Read More
My news is that I’m going to be President of the D&AD Writing for Design Awards jury this April, along... Read More
Our first Sidekick Books exhibition is on until 31st January. Headbooks is a split-level exhibition in the Poetry Cafe, Covent... Read More
19th September 2015, the day I ran my first 5k Parkrun in Bushy Park. Six months before my 40th Heart... Read More
Travel isn’t just about going places. It’s about the experiences you have, and the people you meet. That’s the idea... Read More
We’re running our first yoga teacher training course on 11-22 May 2018. 100 hours over 10 days in a retreat... Read More
Creative retreats with international teachers including Dark Angel and 26er Neil Baker here in the gardens of Riverheart Retreats. Painting,... Read More
I’ve been working with school children from Doune Primary school (who joined me for 26Twits) and community elders to create... Read More
Sidekick Books received the very exciting news that Finders Keepers, a series of poems and illustrations for lost species, was... Read More
We’re doing an Advent Calendar of diabolical mixtures over at Sidekick Books, including Twitterbots splicing unlikely poetry bedfellows, play-poems and... Read More
Roshni Goyate recently co-founded The Other Box to increase diversity in the creative industry. Read why, and how she intends... Read More
Packed up my life into a van and hot footed it to Southern Spain to set up Riverheart Retreats, in... Read More
Writing project based on the 26 Treasures project of 2012 with The Royal Scottish Museum in which I was a... Read More
At Sidekick Books, we’ve just finished a massive six-year four-volume project called Birdbook, in which we commissioned one poem and... Read More
My second collection came out with Bloodaxe in March, and a poem from it was the Guardian’s Saturday Poem. Inspired... Read More
Writing and Wine Day with Chapel Down On July 20 you’ll be guided through a range of writing practices and... Read More
Claire Bodanis is one of 12 authors of new book Established, to be published by Unbound once it’s raised the... Read More
MAKING IF FUNNY: a comedy writing workshop with Nigel Planer and Sally Phillips. 30TH JULY – 6TH AUGUST 2016 CASA... Read More
Once I wrote a book. Then it happened again. And again. Three books, all written about writing, read by readers.... Read More
The Other Mrs Walker is out in the world. An old lady dies leaving nothing but an emerald dress, an... Read More
I was awarded a Distinction in my recent Masters in Creative Writing at Kingston University. It’s a terrific programme. 2016’s... Read More
In the ghostly but glorious Strawberry Hill House, a group of people gathered to ruffle their writing wings. A day... Read More
I’m very excited that my debut novel will be published on 29 October. Talk of the Toun is an uplifting... Read More