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Beware The Invisible Critic – Why writers need to stop self-censoring

Posted on April 28, 2020March 26, 2021 by Toby Bennett

Don’t be paralysed by fears and attitudes inherited from others if you want to freely create and at least consider the possibility that our jailer might reside in our own imaginations.

Writing for the American gaze

Posted on August 26, 2019March 26, 2021 by Skolion

Joanne Macgregor talks about why it makes sense for her to write for an American audience, and how she manages even though she lives a world away.

What does an editor do?

Posted on August 20, 2019March 26, 2021 by Nerine Dorman

Think of editors as part-time alchemists – we transfigure base materials into gold.

Long live YA: Why this genre matters

Posted on April 29, 2019October 22, 2019 by Tallulah Lucy

“You know, if I had the time I’d hammer out a YA book filled with all the tropes,” he says, as he leans back in his chair and stares into the middle…

How well do we know our YA readers? What a teacher learned at school

Posted on April 8, 2019September 27, 2019 by Suzanne van Rooyen

I spend Monday-Friday in an environment full of teenagers. Everyday I learn something new about my intended audience. Everyday I am baffled, awestruck, and amused by the students in my school. Everyday, I am inspired.

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