Patti Miller’s article in last weekend’s The Sydney Morning Herald is depressing. Although nothing she says is new, most writers are already painfully aware that they can’t make a living from their writing and hence they need to look at other means […]
Do you know who is the best teacher? The one who is master at his craft or the one who is a beginner. The answer might surprise you. Sometimes when someone is too good or too experienced, they turn out to be […]
In the 12th century BC, when Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey, left for the Trojan War, he left his son Telemachus in charge of his friend named Mentōr. Since then, the […]
If you are on a journey to become a professional writer, you need to understand one thing. Like any other profession, you need to graduate from the school of writing. Professional qualifications can take anywhere from three to seven years. A bachelor’s […]
In 2013, novelist Jon McGregor invited strangers to send him a letter in the post. He was taking up a creative writing teaching job at the University of Nottingham and he wanted to encourage the students to think about writing in ways […]
In the north of Oslo, a forest is being planted which will supply paper for a special anthology of books to be printed in 100 years in 2114. Planted in 2014, this forest is the brainchild of a Scottish artist Katie Paterson, […]