Roger Horberry explains how to bring your writing to life. Don’t confine yourself to literal descriptions. Instead, bring your... Read More
I’ve just finished reading Nice Little Ernie, the Cyan Great Brand Stories book about Premium Bonds. It’s a great read,... Read More
Stuart Delves reflects on the birth and development of Other Worlds at the Story Museum. It all started with an... 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
The Ape Has Stabbed Me is Vincent Poklewski Koziell’s witty, colourful memoir – recounting Koziell’s life in pre-war Poland, and... Read More
On the 15th June, 26er Brian Jenner kicked off Wordstock Deconstructed with an incredibly useful discussion about money. In a... Read More
On the train from Doncaster to London I felt quite nervous about taking part in Wordography. It was my first... Read More
Describe Randall in 26 words Randall is a novel about art, money, love and friendship (aren’t they all?) – and... Read More
The deadline for this year’s award is fast approaching, but there’s still time to enter. If you still need a... Read More
We launched 26 Writers in Residence at Wordstock last year. The idea was simple: find somewhere to write about, spend... Read More
Becca Magnus shares her experience of February’s Trade Secrets workshop – this time with a focus on typography. For our... Read More
We saw a flurry of activity in the final days of our 26 Armistice project – including a surprise mention... 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
At Wordstock this year, three oral historians are going to reveal how audio recordings can aid writing and unlock life... Read More
Get the latest news on our 26 projects, including the brand new 26 Designs – your chance to pair up... Read More
A couple of wonderful recommendations this month. One that's good for the soul, one for the mind. Read More
Earlier this month a group of 26ers, led by Francesca Baker, took a trip to the British Library to see... Read More
The London Writers Awards is Spread the Word’s new annual development programme for talented London writers. Currently open for application,... Read More
An interesting experiment is taking place to measure the commercial power of the written word. Significant Objects is a US-based... Read More
Which literary character would you most like to go on holiday with? Roger Horberry: Eeyore would be perfect for the... Read More
If you combine and interest in politics and business, I’m organising the 12th Speechwriters’ & Business Communicator’s conference at Lady... Read More
26 in song lyrics, poems and prose If only member’s group 26 was called Zero. There are lots titles with... Read More
Elena Bowes caught up with author Maggie Doherty to discuss The Equivalents – A Story of Art, Female Friendship and... Read More
Are brands (and brand writing) responsible for over-consumption? If so, what should be done about it? James Hogwood Unquestionably there... Read More
From a killer snail to healing poetry, here’s a taste of what our members have been enjoying this month. I... Read More
Author, freelance copywriter and 26er Phillipa Ashley, aka Pippa Croft, talks to Elen Lewis about writing fiction that would make... Read More
Charles Boyle is the founder and 'one-man press' of CB editions, a small, eclectic imprint that was initially launched to give a home to books that nobody else would publish and has become a well-respected publisher of first-class tastes bringing us David Markson's 'This is Not a Novel' and Gert Hoffman's 'Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl'. Charles talks to Elen Lewis about the power of individual sentences ...more Read More
Forget about Guardian Soulmates and Match, meet your life partner at 26 – David Bodanis and Claire Falcon did. And,... Read More
26 – the first 10 years, a history by Justina Hart. This is how we began. Remember that magnificent pitch... Read More
For those of you who missed the second 26 Annual Lecture with Oona King last month, here’s your chance to... Read More
Utterly functional, yet strangely alluring. A UK postcode is a beautifully efficient way to locate any address in the country.... Read More
Of course they do. They’re children. By Rob Self-Pierson Last week, I spent five mornings in Hazelbury Junior School in... Read More
How do you think being a poet affects one’s prose, and being a writer affect one’s poetry? What a difficult,... Read More
26 Writers in Residence is a new project launched at this year’s Wordstock. It’s inspired by this painting of the... Read More
Following the release of Liese O’Halloran Schwarz’s second novel, The Possible World, last summer, Elena Bowes caught up with the... Read More
News and announcements about all things 26 including Wordstock, 26 Words, Pecha Kucha and celebrating Norwich’s literary past. Norwich rocks!... Read More
Day job: I’m a full-time writer. Private passions: They’re rather tame, I’m afraid – I like reading and... Read More
With holiday season in full swing, our members recommend their top summer reading, along with the films, exhibitions and anything... Read More
We bring you recommendations from… From Lost to Found A friend gave me this book for Christmas, saying: “I... Read More
I came across Places of Poetry – it’s running to mid-October, so lots of time for people to submit. It’s... Read More
My best read over recent weeks has been Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, the story of Shakespeares’s family life in Stratford in... Read More
Tom Sharp’s latest poetry release The longmonth of rumours of lights is out now. Twenty-four poems about love and memory.... Read More
How important is it to have a writing outlet other than commercial work? John Simmons Vital. It’s very easy to... Read More
FROM THE HOLY MOUNTAIN William Dalrymple Flamingo, £9.99 or £6.90 on Amazon This rich account of a quietly remarkable perambulation... Read More
I have been working as Editor on a report called, Building Brighter Futures, in collaboration with Travis Perkins plc. It... 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
This month we’re not just meeting one of our members, we’re saying hello to our whole social media team –... Read More
Inspired by her Instagram ‘Transform Stories’, this month I caught up with Sana to find out more about how words... Read More