Q&A There’s a welcome at the fireside Gillian Monks on cats, Christmas and celebrating the whole year. By Gillian Monks 5 minute read
Q&A ‘Grown-ups are children, even though they might forget or deny it’ Michael Morpurgo on writing, childhood and taking risks. By Michael Morpurgo 9 minute read
Q&A ‘Self-belief can make amazing things happen’ What do Bram Stoker, Roald Dahl and Paul Beatty have in common? They all fuelled Amy Kean's imagination. By Amy Kean 4 minute read
Q&A Ever wondered who the homeless are? Tamsen Courtenay on earthquakes, inspiration and writing a book about the dispossessed. By Tamsen Courtenay 3 minute read
Q&A Trees that shape human destiny Unbound author Mike Shanahan talks about his local library and writing about ecology. By Mike Shanahan 4 minute read
Q&A How a writer gets down to business How to plot a chapter, be mortal, and have a job you love. By Sheila Parry 5 minute read
Q&A ‘Too many of us have become morbidly health conscious’ We might be living longer, but not necessarily better, argues Barbara Ehrenreich. By Barbara Ehrenreich and Philip Connor Finn 5 minutes read
Q&A Feeling poetry in the body 'It's a physical thing' says the award-winning poet and rapper, Kate Tempest. By Kate Tempest and Arifa Akbar 10 minute read
Q&A ‘I have no interest in heroes and villains’ Glenn Skwerer on what he reads, how he writes and his novel on Hitler's childhood friendship, The Tristan Chord. By Glenn Skwerer 4 minute read
Q&A ‘Books have changed the way I view the world’ Helen Taylor on reading, writing, and her debut novel about art, insanity and Irn Bru. By Helen Taylor 5 minute read