Martin Shaw: On Editing A Hut at the Edge of the Village
I believe John Moriarty has something to say to younger people and readers from outside
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I believe John Moriarty has something to say to younger people and readers from outside
So. I’ve got this new book out. It’s called I’m Out: How to Make an
Writing Immortal, my historical novel about Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved”, I’ve ploughed through skyscrapers
I get asked a lot why I choose to write about difficult, often uncomfortable subjects.
I Numbed My Feelings With Heroin For 15 Years When I wrote my memoir, my emotions
Writing my memoir began with a phone call. After retiring from the Trade Union in
Fifty Years On is my eighth published book and I have a few others that
The Shepherd and the Morning Star is inspired by rejection. My father’s life, which was
Meditating, Writing and the Wisdom of Confucius Writing about meditation is a little like dancing
‘You should publish a selection of your columns,’ said my partner, sounding a bit less
Becoming a Mother – Reflections on Adoptive Parenthood took five years to write but realistically
As our wedding day draws nearer, it may come as no surprise that “commitment” is
I didn’t plan to write this book. I’d begun work on a new novel about
The Cow Book is the story of my life as a farmer in rural Ireland.
I first came across Maria Edgeworth when I married in 1964 and came to live
Before the advent of e-mail it seems to have been an irrefutable fact that persons
Biographers are not universally loved. James Joyce called us ‘biografiends’ and Edmund de Waal, although
I started writing A Ton of Malice in 1981 – and finally finished it this
Memoir – or life writing – is becoming an increasingly popular genre. Gone are the
Sometimes we write about what we know. And sometimes what we know – and experience
