26 held a special event with Dominic Dromgoole, Patrick Spottiswoode, Peter Kyle, Yolanda Vazquez and John Simmons at the Globe... Read More
You may recall from the piece we published in January, that this is an ambitious project bringing together 100 writers... Read More
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Emily Bronte Penguin, £6.99 or £4.21 on Amazon This may seem like a ridiculous recommendation, but what the... Read More
Chris Martin thinks everyone should read comics and says there is much to be learnt from them if you’re a... Read More
On the 15th June, 26er Brian Jenner kicked off Wordstock Deconstructed with an incredibly useful discussion about money. In a... Read More
Last year a friend asked me to help create a play. I’ve always found dialogue tricky but I said I’d... Read More
26er Gordon Kerr has written lots of books. We think it’s 52 but Gordon’s lost count. They include short histories,... Read More
When: 11 November 2010, 19:00PM –20:30PM Where: Vibe Bar / Live / Gallery, The Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane,... Read More
Author, freelance copywriter and 26er Phillipa Ashley, aka Pippa Croft, talks to Elen Lewis about writing fiction that would make... Read More
Forget about Guardian Soulmates and Match, meet your life partner at 26 – David Bodanis and Claire Falcon did. And,... Read More
Elena Bowes talks to award-winning author Francesca Kay about her new novel, The Long Room. Please describe what you... Read More
KAROO Steve Tesich Vintage, £8.99 list, or £6.99 on Amazon Saul Karoo is an ageing, overweight script editor who lives... Read More
Every writer knows that it is the unexpected threads that one pulls upon that usually unravel the most interesting stories.... Read More
No, not creative accounting. This is the third of our Trade Secrets training sessions, and it’s scheduled for Tuesday afternoon,... Read More
Do you want to stretch your social media skills in 2016? We’re scouting for a 26er to join our merry... 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
We’ve recruited all 26 writers for our new project, 26 Lies. And the draw to match them with 26 quotations... Read More
After attending the first in a new series of conversations earlier this month, Sophie Gordon’s been pondering how childhood reading... Read More
David Mathews is a freelance work psychologist and a fiction and short story writer. He talks to Elen Lewis about... Read More
North: Fashioning Identity. The exhibition at Somerset House examines the visual representation of the north and Northerners in photography, fashion... Read More
Are you an avid tweeter? A fan of Facebook? A leader on LinkedIn? We’re looking for more social media superstars... Read More
Solo writer’s retreats in a luscious garden in the south of Spain. Come, be well fed, write 🙂 On-site yoga... Read More
Here at 26 we’ve been inspired by Pecha Kucha-style presentations since the 26 Wordstock event back in October. On that... Read More
We’re delighted to announce two new additions to the Wordstock line up for October 17th. 26’s own Rishi Dastidar will... Read More
I’m putting on a host of new creative writing, art and yoga classes at smallhythe studio called Short Creature. Guerrilla... Read More
Plans are taking shape for our new-look ‘Wordstock Deconstructed’ We said in February that our traditional one-day Wordstock bash would... Read More
26er Sarah Farley has been working hard behind the scenes on 26 Miles and 26 Treasures of Childhood. In an... Read More
Prize-winning sestudes, published short stories and writing endurance challenges… Just a standard month for 26ers. I was surprised and delighted... Read More
Join Full Circle Projects and English PEN for an evening of spoken word performances from the My Search for Meaning... Read More
Sarah McCartney recommends… The Invisible Gorilla Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons HarperCollins, £6.17 on Amazon They are the psychologists who... Read More
Plain English – good business practice or just plain boring? Lindsay Camp, writer and author of ‘Can I Change Your... Read More
I’m a copywriter at FutureLearn. We partner with universities around the world to offer short, free online courses. I thought... Read More
To celebrate our third birthday, we held a shindig at the Truman Brewery in London’s Brick Lane. As 26ers met... Read More
Thirteen Ways of Looking This is a fabulous novella from Colum McCann, author of the astounding Let the Great World... Read More
We have most of our writers now signed up — thanks to those who got in touch after the last... 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
Charlie Dupré is a spoken word artist who has supported the likes of Scroobius Pip, Ghostpoet and Polar Bear. He... Read More
Sara Sheridan, self-confessed Twitter evangelist, offers practical tips for building your brand on Twitter. It’s amazing how many writers shy... Read More
Nick Asbury is offering a 10% discount to all 26ers for his wonderful Perpetual Disappointments Diary. As before, the diary... Read More
Draft 99 gets a Reading I’m having a table read of my first feature film as writer/director this month –... Read More
Elen Lewis on what established businesses have in common with seven salted almonds and the poise of a president. First... Read More
We’re all for a bit of traditional Christmas spirit – Mummers plays, carol singers, roast turkeys, wrapped presents, another pair... Read More
What makes 26 different? Our purpose, our network, our events. Our projects. For me – I speak as one of... Read More
It was so good last time that we decided to do it again. But differently. And bigger than ever. Those... 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