David Constantine on the ‘hope for our future’: an extract from The Dressing-Up Box

Born in Salford, David Constantine has published several volumes of poetry, and two novels (most recently The Life-Writer) as well Continue reading →

‘Resist’ Extract: The Oxfordshire Rising, 1596

The 21st November marks the anniversary of The Oxfordshire Rising of 1596, when a group of four impoverished men met Continue reading →

Delegate Report: A walk through the NCWID 2019

Photo credit: Aslan Lewis, aAh! Magazine This is my first time at the National Creative Writing Industry Day, organised by Continue reading →

Delegate Report: The National Creative Writing Industry Day 2019

On Friday the 1st of November, delegates from all over the country came together to attend the National Creative Writing Continue reading →

Power to the People: a protest playlist

Ever since we published Protest: Stories of Resistance, the first instalment of our History-into-Fiction series, in 2017, up in Comma Continue reading →

From NCWID Delegate to Debut Novelist

Author Lucie McKnight Hardy will return to the National Creative Writing Industry Day on the 1st November 2019 two years Continue reading →

BBC NSSA 2019: The five shortlistees

On Friday 6th September, it was announced on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row that the BBC National Short Story Award Continue reading →

Voices from the National Creative Writing Industry Day 2018

The National Creative Writing Industry Day is the largest conference of its kind taking place in the North of England. Continue reading →