By James Hogwood World Book Day is a UNESCO-designated day to celebrate all the incredible things that books give us...
To have swallowed a Crocodile Would make anybody smile But to swallow a Caramel Wafer Is safer. 25 years ago,...
As we mentioned last month, 26 member Roger Horberry has new ebook out that delves into that most mysterious of...
At Pighog they’ve been pulling all the stops out to bring you a sensational new programme of events and publications...
Is we the new I? asks soon-to-be collaborative author, Paul Redstone? In a daring collaboration with 14 other writers, Redstone...
My latest blog post is out – The Little Toys with a Mind of their Own as part of my...
This is part of wider “Strange Creatures After Hours” events 16 March-27 June 2015. The Crystal Palace dinosaur models were...
Last year a friend asked me to help create a play. I’ve always found dialogue tricky but I said I’d...
I’m in Aarhus, doing some work for the Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture programme. There are several projects within...
Our press Sidekick Books currently has a call out for comics poetry for a new anthology, ‘Over the Line’. The...
In 2012, 26 member Rob Self-Pierson visited 45 twin towns in three months as part of a 10,000-mile road trip...
Sidekick Books is about to launch Lives Beyond Us, an anthology of poetry and essays on animals in cinema, co-edited...
26ers share their personal projects from published novels, short stories and memoirs in the making. Aren’t we a clever bunch?...
I’ve been in Portugal for a week with my youngest son, Simon, who has autism. He is, among many things,...
I’ve had a busy summer organising other writers rather than writing my own work – principally devising a month long...
In the ghostly but glorious Strawberry Hill House, a group of people gathered to ruffle their writing wings. A day...
When Pete Kirby, one of our members from the South West, mentioned that he planned to plonk lots of shipping...
If you’re working on a writing project, or want to start one, or if you have a deadline to meet...
“Julia Buendia Allone was proud of her name, even though it made people uncomfortable. People said there was no more...
Prize-winning sestudes, published short stories and writing endurance challenges… Just a standard month for 26ers. I was surprised and delighted...
We’re all for a bit of traditional Christmas spirit – Mummers plays, carol singers, roast turkeys, wrapped presents, another pair...
So this month I wrote this article about the history of toplessness for BBC News. It became the number one...
I’m excited that Strange Tales in the Dales my children’s collection of ‘spooky’ stories for 7-11s already has pre-orders. Have...
I have been working as Editor on a report called, Building Brighter Futures, in collaboration with Travis Perkins plc. It...
I am trying to finally put together the many scribblings I’ve accumulated over the last few years and write that...
I finished teaching my first creative writing course for adults, at the gorgeous Smallhythe Studio in Kent. Imaginary worlds created....
I unexpectedly took up visual art last year, after a hiatus of nearly 25 years. I recently sold six of...
I self-published Strange Tales in the Dales in May, a collection of children’s stories for 7-11s. Walk with Georgie and...
I’ve joined Glasgow based indie publisher Freight Books as Digital Marketing Executive, which I’m very happy about, and will be...
I’m putting on a host of new creative writing, art and yoga classes at smallhythe studio called Short Creature. Guerrilla...
Here’s a wonderful opportunity for a 26 member aged 26 or under. Dark Angels, the training programme that aims to...
I was awarded a Distinction in my recent Masters in Creative Writing at Kingston University. It’s a terrific programme. 2016’s...
The Playing Place 26 March – 25 April, Truro, Cornwall In the middle of Lemon Quay, the main shopping area...
26 member, Mike Reed is cycling 230-odd miles from Sheffield to Box Hill in Surrey to raise money for The...
For the last few years, 26 member, Rishi Dastidar has been doing something a little quixotic. Nearly every time that...
Compass Murphy goes to Monaco “I’ve long wanted to see my 2001 children’s novel Compass Murphy adapted for the big...
Nick Asbury is offering a 10% discount to all 26ers for his wonderful Perpetual Disappointments Diary. As before, the diary...
I’m a copywriter at FutureLearn. We partner with universities around the world to offer short, free online courses. I thought...
Writers and Artists (Yearbook) have just published my article ‘Love Writing’ – and it starts on their home page, which...
Giant canvas delivered for brave new project – immortalise my niece in all her mystical wonder (and some would say...
I’m running #ScottishEBookDay on Twitter on May 27th to celebrate and promote Scottish publishing. Offers, interviews, good old-fashioned chat about...
I’m co-writing a short film Hula which is due to film this Summer in the Scottish Highlands, and two features...
I’m travelling around and seeing many different museums, with a new aim to learn at least one fact per museum....
I’m participating in an interdisciplinary project highlighting ecological issues of human impacts on the marine environment (a.k.a climate change). The...
Brian Jenner is organising the Ideal Death Show in Winchester on Saturday 5 September. There are several distinguished authors speaking:...
Pop to the Chequers in Walthamstow this Monday for an evening of SLIGHTLY SINISTER short stories. Expect weird, wicked, wondrous...
I’m very excited that my debut novel will be published on 29 October. Talk of the Toun is an uplifting...
The Other Mrs Walker is out in the world. An old lady dies leaving nothing but an emerald dress, an...