After receiving a glowing recommendation email from fellow New Zealand based 26er Paul White, Jane Berney was the clear choice...
Join us on the evening of Thursday 4 May and learn how to use storytelling techniques to improve your writing,...
We now have our 26 writers on board for a collaborative project. Thank you everyone for coming forward with such...
Elen Lewis interviews Sam Webb, a new 26er who’s just turned 26. What’s your day job? I’m the copywriter...
This time last year, John Simmons and I approached Imperial War Museums with the idea to mark the centenary of...
From books to cafes to photography exhibitions, here are a few things to help feed mind, body and soul this...
Elen Lewis reviews John Simmons’ latest novel The Good Messenger and discovers a poignant tale from a different time. John...
‘26 Miles’, the latest 26 project, was launched at this year’s Wordstock festival. 26 members will be teaming up with...
Earlier this month 26 Liars came together with 26 Twits at the Free Word Centre as we launched two new...
This summer, come rain or shine (hopefully the latter) we’ll be enjoying some great reads. From the Moomins to Maggie...
Will Awdry, Copywriter turned creative director turned (accidentally) managing director at BBH, DDB and Ogilvy & Mather has jumped the...
Mindfulness is a buzz word we’ve been hearing a lot lately. What does that mean as creative writers? Can we...
Describe Randall in 26 words Randall is a novel about art, money, love and friendship (aren’t they all?) – and...
‘In these straitened economic times, what will you be cutting back on?’ Tom Lynham Crates of Bollinger, the Roller will...
Once I wrote a book. Then it happened again. And again. Three books, all written about writing, read by readers....
We’re delighted that so many 26ers have books out this month. John Simmons’ Leaves, Rob Self Pierson’s Twinned Town, Irene...
Claire Bodanis is one of 12 authors of new book Established, to be published by Unbound once it’s raised the...
Reflecting on summer reads I have had a marvellous summer of reading, and during September I have particularly enjoyed Kate...
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s time for the last round of recommendations for the year. And it’s a...
26er Gordon Kerr has written lots of books. We think it’s 52 but Gordon’s lost count. They include short histories,...
Need an autumn writing tune-up? Dark Angels are offering two great courses, two stunning locations and two special offers for...
Well done, Norwich. The football team did well but our congratulations go to Norwich as a city where words mean...
This month, fresh from her leap into astrophysics for our latest project with the Bloomsbury Festival, Jill Hopper invites us...
Virginia Woolf said that, ‘to write a work of genius is almost always a feat of prodigious difficulty…dogs will bark,...
Christopher Hamilton-Emery and his wife Jen founded Salt, an independent publishing house based in Norfolk, 12 years ago. This month,...
Bernbach on writing and communication Much has been written about the great advertising creative director Bill Bernbach and his agency...
If there’s one person responsible for raising the profile of business copywriting and writing for design over the last decade...
We’re almost overwhelmingly delighted to have David Bodanis, author of e=mc2, writer, thinker, mathematician, and polymath star of TED, as...
I’m now in the final stages of collecting and editing the submissions for 26Steps. I’ve participated in walks on Anglesey,...
The 26/D&AD Archive Dive is a series of articles by 26 members celebrating the best work from the D&AD awards...
Our first Sidekick Books exhibition is on until 31st January. Headbooks is a split-level exhibition in the Poetry Cafe, Covent...
I’m very excited that my debut novel will be published on 29 October. Talk of the Toun is an uplifting...
This month, Suzanne Joinson talks betrayal, hoarding, and a very detailed writing process. She also shares the research and inspiration...
Pads, Pens and Yellow Pencils was a joint event organised by D&AD and 26 to provoke discussion about the Writing...
26 Words arrives at the Ruskin Gallery at the Cambridge School of Art from 27 November until 17 January. Please...
If you’re working on a writing project, or want to start one, or if you have a deadline to meet...
The 26/D&AD Archive Dive is a series of articles by 26 members celebrating the best work from the D&AD awards...
What does it take to become a writer? Francesca Baker investigates, with a little help from members of 26. A...
Thirteen Ways of Looking This is a fabulous novella from Colum McCann, author of the astounding Let the Great World...
Beating the January blues with theatre Weekend matinees are my new discovery to beat January blues. I saw Mary Stuart...
To recognise and thank us for the work done by 26 to support PEN in recent years, we’ve been asked...
Most of us are happy to show off our finest work at the earliest opportunity, but the nightmare jobs seldom...
A creative life is a better life. It leads to more innovation, smarter business and happier citizens. So why do...
Established by 26er Steven Bateman, Look Up is a new online print gallery and a platform for artists and designers...
Alan Stevens, author of The Exceptional Speaker, offered pointers on how to deliver exceptional speeches to a room full of...
I would love other 26ers to know about the Winchester Poetry Festival which is coming up the weekend of 12-14...
I asked for your words of the year and for 2019, and the people of 26 have spoken. From musings...