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Where to Submit: Winter 2019

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People, you’ve spent a lot of time indoors lately, sheltering from the worst of the weather, and we […]

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Where to Submit: Autumn 2018

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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 […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #10: Kathleen Jamie

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If you want to write creative non-fiction, please read Kathleen Jamie. Why? Because she’s a poet. Forget daffodils. […]

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Q&A: Vona Groarke

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Our next event, presented in partnership with The Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, features […]

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Michael Symmons Roberts headlines The Real Story in August

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We’re pleased to announce the third live edition of The Real Story will feature headliner Michael Symmons Roberts: […]

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Book Review: The Tremendous World I Have Inside My Head, by Louis Begley

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Franz Kafka is the modern template for ‘tortured genius.’ He once wrote that a book should be “an […]

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Ninjas of Nonfiction #8: Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell by Dan Toller

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In my mind Susan Orlean and Malcolm Gladwell are the power couple of narrative nonfiction. I am not […]

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Book Signing: David Sedaris

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On Monday 24 June, the Manchester Waterstones hosted one of my absolutely heroes: David Sedaris. In fact, Sedaris […]

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Considering: Two Essays About Reading

Cynthia Ozick’s A Drugstore in Winter Eudora Welty’s A Sweet Devouring I didn’t intend to review two essays for […]

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A Thousand Miles Away and Home: by Daniel Carpenter

This week, we’re proud to present our first ever contribution of original creative non-fiction, courtesy of Daniel Carpenter, […]

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