Ben Payne, co-director and co-founder, Ministry of Stories speaks to Elen Lewis about his favourite writing advice ‘don’t be cynical’,...
Elena Bowes in conversation with Anna Pasternak about her latest book, Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago....
Many people dread the long, dark days of winter. The lack of light can feel never-ending but if, in the...
Our very own Linda Cracknell’s first nonfiction book, Doubling Back, is out in paperback. The award-winning novelist talks to Elena...
Elena Bowes catches up with English author and biographer Claire Tomalin about her best-selling memoir A Life of My Own. Still...
We’re thrilled to say that Vesna Goldsworthy will be one of our Wordstock speakers on 15 October. Or we should...
Design writer Katie Treggiden, the brain behind award-winning blog Confessions of a Design Geek, talks to Elen Lewis about an...
In the tradition of Japan’s 72 gardening seasons, I’m posting a regular short piece every 5 days (the length of...
Elena Bowes interviewed author and 26er Nick Barlay about his new book and how he “catches stories as they fly...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power of...
Adam Baron’s latest book Boy Underwater, published by HarperCollins, hit bookshelves in June. Elena Bowes talked to Baron about this...
Elena Bowes talks to award-winning author Francesca Kay about her new novel, The Long Room. Please describe what you...
Three of Andrzej Krauze’s illustrations for John Simmons’ Berliners. Tom Lynham, 26 co-founder and “corporate psychotherapist,” takes a look at John...
Sue Evans is a freelance design writer who has interviewed many of the great copywriters for D&AD. And, did they...
A new anthology of Dark Angels poetry is now an eagerly anticipated event. The latest, Family Matters, is the third...
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
26er Gordon Kerr has written lots of books. We think it’s 52 but Gordon’s lost count. They include short histories,...
Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks believes that her previous career as a war correspondent for the Wall...
Elena Bowes caught up with Lynda Cohen Loigman about her latest novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. Below are...
Why does it matter to be muddy, soaked in something moving, physical, dirt filled? Ceramics mark an interaction with a...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
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...
Our next 26 Trade Secrets workshop takes place in late January, with a focus on mindfulness and creative writing. Sophie...
Day job Poet and creative consultant. I travel around the world writing poems, performing poems and helping other people to...
News In answer to the question ‘What have I been up to?’… This. With, predictably, no flicker of interest shown...
The Madonna of the Mountains is the compelling, detail-rich life story of Maria Vittoria. The novel opens in 1923 when...
This month I met with one of 26’s newest members (and a writer for our AI project), Julian Gorham –...
26er Rishi Dastidar writes poems in his spare time. Alongside nine others, he has been shortlisted for Complete Works II,...
Jill Hopper’s 27th Bridge Poem, on the back of a postcard designed by Joni Brown. Project Writer AwardBy Galen O’Hanlen...
Julian Gorham is a copywriter and poet. Nelly Dimitranova is an artist and joint winner of the Hugh Casson Drawing...
What’s your day job? Creative director at Afia What are your private passions? Some of my semi-private passions are eating...
Earlier this month, we gathered together on Zoom with our friends at Dark Angels for an evening of poetry, inspiration...
Elena Bowes interviews Joanna Walsh, author of Hotel and Vertigo about stories that are ‘unfoldable’ and the importance of writing...
Day job: I’m a full-time writer. Private passions: They’re rather tame, I’m afraid – I like reading and...
26 recently discovered that sometimes there are just not enough bridges in the world to go round. That was certainly...
Approaching the end of his eight-year stay in China, BBC journalist Michael Bristow decided to write a book about the...
Tired of grasping a decade’s point, until she’s squandered it, Druckerman writes, “This time, I’m determined to figure out a...
Left: Rishi Dastidar’s Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak.Right: Gita Ralleigh’s empirical. Back in March, 26er Gita Ralleigh got in touch with...
To distract from the no-leaves, no-sun, no-daylight problems of January, I’ve spent this month delving into Ancient Greek colour theory....
Kate Baxter, the 26er behind our new project, 26 Ghosts, talks to Elen Lewis about singing, secret crushes and the...
Tom Sperlinger Can you explain what you do in 26 words? I teach and write about literature at Bristol University,...
Describe Randall in 26 words Randall is a novel about art, money, love and friendship (aren’t they all?) – and...
26 founding member and author of the Live Canon-shortlisted pamphlet Berliners, John Simmons, invites 26ers and Dark Angels to join...
26’s big project to launch us into 2026 with a bang is on the brink of going public. Some 70...
This month, K J Orr launched her debut short story collection, Light Box. She talks to Elena Bowes about structuring...
In a post-truth, fake news world, what role can data play in shaping stories? Sam Knowles, explores how data-driven storytelling...