In a post-truth, fake news world, what role can data play in shaping stories? Sam Knowles, explores how data-driven storytelling can help everyone tell more compelling, evidence-based stories in his new book, Narrative by Numbers. So if…
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Peter Firmin, creator of Bagpuss, Igor the Engine and Noggin the Nog, sadly passed away this month. But his work, loved by generations of viewers, will certainly live on. John Simmons reflects on Peter’s abundant creative talent…
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Adam Baron’s latest book Boy Underwater, published by HarperCollins, hit bookshelves in June. Elena Bowes talked to Baron about this heartbreaking, funny story about a broken family with secrets, told from the perspective of nine-year-old Cymbeline. They…
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This month we caught up with 26er Sabine Harnau before she makes an exciting move to the lowlands. We chatted about day jobs, first words, 26 projects and her plans to take 26 to Europe. Tell…
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It was a sign. On the street leading up to the Truman Brewery in East London, there was an empty Argos microwave box bearing the slogan ‘Heat. Ding. Done.’ This clever packaging project won a D&AD Writing…
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Amor Towles’s second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, published in 2016, was on the New York Times’ bestseller list for over 40 weeks and is being made into a TV series starring Kenneth Branagh. Elena Bowes talks…
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After attending the first in a new series of conversations earlier this month, Sophie Gordon’s been pondering how childhood reading influences us as writers today. How has what you read as a child shaped you as a…
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The Madonna of the Mountains is the compelling, detail-rich life story of Maria Vittoria. The novel opens in 1923 when Maria’s father has gone searching neighboring villages to find a husband for his daughter who at 25…
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How much is my work worth? A tricky, potentially awkward question we have to ask ourselves. But does it need to be so wince-inducing? Francesca Baker caught up with some fellow 26ers to get their two cents…
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Bestselling Author Celeste Ng talks to Elena Bowes about breaking rules, knowing your characters inside out and how to avoid writers block the second time around. My 25-year-old daughter gave me Little Fires Everywhere for…
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