People, you’ve spent a lot of time indoors lately, sheltering from the worst of the weather, and we […]
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Although you wouldn’t really guess that from the amazing photo we’ve used here, it’s largely wet and miserable […]
If you want to write creative non-fiction, please read Kathleen Jamie. Why? Because she’s a poet. Forget daffodils. […]
Our next event, presented in partnership with The Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, features […]
We’re pleased to announce the third live edition of The Real Story will feature headliner Michael Symmons Roberts: […]
Franz Kafka is the modern template for ‘tortured genius.’ He once wrote that a book should be “an […]
In my mind Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell are the power couple of narrative nonfiction. I am not […]
On Monday 24 June, the Manchester Waterstones hosted one of my absolutely heroes: David Sedaris. In fact, Sedaris […]
Cynthia Ozick’s A Drugstore in Winter Eudora Welty’s A Sweet Devouring I didn’t intend to review two essays for […]
This week, we’re proud to present our first ever contribution of original creative non-fiction, courtesy of Daniel Carpenter, […]