Bristling with superpowers – looking at life through a 26 project One sunny afternoon in late June, I spent a...
I’m watching Jimmy McGovern’s stark prison drama ‘Time’ on iPlayer. Not the lightest of TV, I’d say, but if you’re...
I was asked alongside five incredibly talented designers to share our personal stories of challenging gender in the creative industry....
As far as I’m concerned, deserving the title of ‘most-eagerly awaited release of 2021’ will be Laurent Binet’s Civilisations because...
I’ve written a poem inspired by the amazing Amanda Gorman, and her extraordinary inauguration performance. Couldn’t be more topical – consider...
This month’s recommendations include a handy of list of ‘books of the year’ as championed by members at our Christmas...
Myself and a couple of other 26ers (Poppy Collier and Nick Asbury) have contributed to a lockdown poetry anthology called...
I’d like to share a link to an online symposium I am organising – Face Off: The Provocation and Possibilities...
I partnered with the brilliances at Accept and Proceed to create the AWO brand for a gang of data rights lawyers...
Some news from Tom Sharp On Leap Day, ‘Faery Fellers’, a project conceived and led by Tom Sharp, performed its...
My poetry collective 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE have experimented with long form for this limited edition zine. It’s a...
As one of the ‘Explore’ writers in the forthcoming 26 Trees project I got the chance to choose ‘my’ tree....
26 member Nick Parker has come up with a simple method to help anyone find their tone of voice, and...
A choir of angels gathered in Gospel Oak earlier this month to celebrate the launch of On Writing, the book...
Elise Valmorbida has some special news about her novel, The Madonna of the Mountains, which was recently awarded the Victorian...
Firstly, an exciting update from Elise Valmorbida. After a whirlwind trip to Melbourne, her book The Madonna of the Mountains...
I’m about halfway through Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet (finally!) and it really is as good as everyone says it is!. Finally...
After feeling useless on recent events unfolding in Palestine and being inspired by artists creating work in solidarity and to...
I recommend the film The trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix which is based on the infamous 1969 trial...
Firstly some exciting news about our recent project with Eames Fine Art. The London Original Print Fair has made a...
This month, in addition to other recommendations, I asked what books you return to again and again. It might be...
Justina Hart has won first prize in the Second Light Poetry Competition for Long and Short Poems by Women 2020...
If you or a young adult reader is looking for a spooky Halloween read, I recommend Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard...
Tom Sharp’s latest poetry release The longmonth of rumours of lights is out now. Twenty-four poems about love and memory....
I recently finished a writing project, which Dark Angels are kindly hosting as a free download. I’d like to offer...
D&AD awards discount for 26 members Donal Keenan from D&AD has offered 26 members a 26% discount code on any...
A book on poetic craft I’ve edited, called um The Craft, published last week through Nine Arches Press. It’s the...
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to catch up with the man behind our beautifully designed 26 awards. Phil...
John Simmons has news from Edinburgh, where he also spotted the above 26, in Milnes Bar: I gave a talk/reading...
Naomi’s Poem is a therapeutic correspondence between my sister and I as we deal with some cliff-edge health news. Sections...
Place and Peace: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Europe 26 member David Manderson, of the Scottish Pen Writers for Peace committee, will...
Having contributed to a few 26 projects over last few years, I’m now trying to focus on a longer piece...
Firstly, some exciting news from Lucy Beevor: “I was chuffed to bits to be awarded the Mairtín Crawford Short Story...
Firstly, a tip-off from John Simmons… The Creative Future Writers’ Awards is the UK’s only national competition for all underrepresented...
I’m delighted that BBC Radio Leeds, as part of their ‘Make a Difference: Short Stories’ strand accepted and recorded my...
In honour of poet Lisel Mueller’s birthday this month, Tim Rich recommends delving into her work. A few of my...
The WOW Journal was the brainchild of my seven-year-old daughter, Maddie, who dreamt it up during lockdown as a way...
It’s not on my reading pile yet but a friend of mine, David Bodanis, is launching his new book tomorrow....
I took a short story workshop via Zoom in August, with author Edward Hogan (longlisted for this year’s Sunday Times...
My best read over recent weeks has been Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, the story of Shakespeares’s family life in Stratford in...
I’m excited to announce that my memoir, The Mahogany Pod, will be published in February 2021 by Saraband. The book...
Would you like to be part of an unusual quest? I hope so. I’m currently writing something. It’s a little...
To celebrate the release of our 26 Trees pieces this month, we wanted to hear your earliest memories of a...
I’m obsessed with botanical art at the moment – the lush, overwhelming sensuality of flowers depicted in incredibly precise scientific...
This month saw the publication of OTHERS, by Unbound. I know there are so many demands on your attention, and...
Last month Dark Angels, the creative writing for business collective, trialled an experimental new course at Matisse’s former home in...
Writing in response to the photography of Diane Arbus 4 May 2019 @ 2–5pm Join 26 board member and Dark...
The Institute of Stories I’m launching a new event in Porthleven, Cornwall. The idea is simple – to share stories,...