Elen Lewis interviews Sam Webb, a new 26er who’s just turned 26. What’s your day job? I’m the copywriter...
We’re delighted to invite 26 members to a special Zoom event on Wednesday 5 April at 7pm (UK time) in...
This month, K J Orr launched her debut short story collection, Light Box. She talks to Elena Bowes about structuring...
Kim Pickin, co-director of The Story Museum, Oxford talks to Elen Lewis about creating a cathedral of stories and what...
26 founding member and author of the Live Canon-shortlisted pamphlet Berliners, John Simmons, invites 26ers and Dark Angels to join...
What’s your day job? Creative director at Afia What are your private passions? Some of my semi-private passions are eating...
Can we stay true to our ethics during a pandemic? Rebecca Dowman explores this conundrum and how she’s faced up...
Can poetry create a shared space that is human and universal? To answer this question, thirteen poets from 26 paired...
Alastair Creamer is curating this year’s Wordstock. He’s also a longstanding member of 26. He talks to Elen Lewis about...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). You might have seen – or more to the point, heard – that...
Elena Bowes catches up with English author and biographer Claire Tomalin about her best-selling memoir A Life of My Own. Still...
David Mathews is a freelance work psychologist and a fiction and short story writer. He talks to Elen Lewis about...
Another gap; of Imbolc and pink skies and fiery horses. February has been muddy. Each day the minutes before sunset...
A couple of months ago, our year-long Memento Mori project drew to a close. Memento Mori – remember that you...
This month I met with Harry Ashton-Key, my friend from university, and we talked about science, wonder, burnout, and somewhat...
Ben Payne, co-director and co-founder, Ministry of Stories speaks to Elen Lewis about his favourite writing advice ‘don’t be cynical’,...
This month, Suzanne Joinson talks betrayal, hoarding, and a very detailed writing process. She also shares the research and inspiration...
26er Gordon Kerr has written lots of books. We think it’s 52 but Gordon’s lost count. They include short histories,...
This month Chloe Green and I spoke with Anushka Shah, the winner of 26’s Emerging Writer Award 2024. We met...
Elena Bowes talks to award-winning author Francesca Kay about her new novel, The Long Room. Please describe what you...
Sue Evans is a freelance design writer who has interviewed many of the great copywriters for D&AD. And, did they...
Three of Andrzej Krauze’s illustrations for John Simmons’ Berliners. Tom Lynham, 26 co-founder and “corporate psychotherapist,” takes a look at John...
We’ve now completed two seasons of Why Words Matter. We’ve been able to bring those 12 episodes to you first...
Adam Baron’s latest book Boy Underwater, published by HarperCollins, hit bookshelves in June. Elena Bowes talked to Baron about this...
26 recently discovered that sometimes there are just not enough bridges in the world to go round. That was certainly...
Elena Bowes interviewed author and 26er Nick Barlay about his new book and how he “catches stories as they fly...
As elegant sci-fi thriller, Ex Machina plays at cinemas to critical acclaim, screenwriter, film director and novelist Alex Garland...
This month we caught up with 26er Sabine Harnau before she makes an exciting move to the lowlands. We chatted...
Author, freelance copywriter and 26er Phillipa Ashley, aka Pippa Croft, talks to Elen Lewis about writing fiction that would make...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
The Madonna of the Mountains is the compelling, detail-rich life story of Maria Vittoria. The novel opens in 1923 when...
Left: Rishi Dastidar’s Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak.Right: Gita Ralleigh’s empirical. Back in March, 26er Gita Ralleigh got in touch with...
Elena Bowes caught up with Lynda Cohen Loigman about her latest novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. Below are...
In this month’s profile of a 26 member, we talk to Fiona Thompson, writer and harpist. Here, she tells us...
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...
In a post-truth, fake news world, what role can data play in shaping stories? Sam Knowles, explores how data-driven storytelling...
26er Miranda Dickinson is the author of four Sunday Times bestselling novels. She is published in six languages and to...
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!
Elena Bowes in conversation with Anna Pasternak about her latest book, Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago....
Jill Hopper’s 27th Bridge Poem, on the back of a postcard designed by Joni Brown. Project Writer AwardBy Galen O’Hanlen...
Elena Bowes talks to author Adam Baron about his latest book, Blackheath. Known for his crime novels, Baron explores a...
In our latest author spotlight, Elena Bowes caught up with Randi Epstein MD to discuss her recent book release, Aroused:...
The Ape Has Stabbed Me is Vincent Poklewski Koziell’s witty, colourful memoir – recounting Koziell’s life in pre-war Poland, and...
You’re probably sitting in your home or office thinking, how many more months of this wet and cold climate must...
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
Former 26 newsletter editor Nick Asbury tells Elen Lewis about his new exhibition, After Hours, some feel-good wisdom from his...
Approaching the end of his eight-year stay in China, BBC journalist Michael Bristow decided to write a book about the...