Read the founders of Black Girls’ Book Club poignant love letters to their younger selves
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Mental Health
Gratitude journaling can help us to be more optimistic – here’s how to start
“Gratitude lists give us time to notice the little things and celebrate what brings us joy”
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Books
Jacqueline Wilson’s 11 tips for writing a best-selling children’s book
Advice from the author who has written 112 novels for children.
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- Alice Porter
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Books
You’ve written your first book, now here’s how to get it published
Including how to find an agent and what it's like to work with an editor.
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- Alice Porter
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Life
How to get the most out of writing a diary, according to a serial journaler
Liz Beardsell, who has written over 10,000 diary entries, shares her advice.
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Write a powerful, moving memoir with these expert tips
With expert advice from author and journalist Arifa Akbar
Life
6 practical ways to start your own magazine, according to Aurelia Magazine’s editor Kya Buller
‘So many opportunities have arisen from launching my own publication’
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Books
Bestselling author Charly Cox on how anyone can start writing poetry
"That you have a unique perspective on the world already means you have the capacity to write an excellent poem."
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- Alice Porter
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Books
22 new books where incredible women take centre stage
Memoirs, biographies, fiction, poetry and self-help from women who will change your life.
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- Francesca Brown
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Life
Freelance journalists: how to pitch an article to stylist.co.uk
Here's everything you need to know
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Opinion
“Why do I still not have enough time to get stuff done in lockdown?”
One writer shares the guilt she feels around not “doing enough” right now.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Wellbeing
“This ‘brain dump’ journaling technique reduced my night time anxiety”
How writing down her thoughts and feelings from the day helped one writer get to sleep.
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- Chloe Gray
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The Booker Prize 2020 shortlist is your autumn reading sorted
Check out 2020's must-reads.
Books
The big lesson this year’s Women's Prize winner wants us to take from her book
Find out who won the prestigious prize on its 25th anniversary.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Books
JK Rowling just debunked some major Harry Potter myths – and we are stupefied
Those Edinburgh landmarks are not what they seem.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Books
10 super-short and seriously powerful reads
Bites of flash fiction from Lydia Davis, Roxane Gay and more.
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- Francesca Brown
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Life
This fascinating research shows writing thank you notes can actually boost wellbeing
Letters of gratitude really do make a difference.
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- Moya Crockett
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Long Reads
The heartwarming story of Keanu Reeves, Emma Forrest and a fan letter
Emma Forrest wrote Keanu Reeves a fan letter when she was 12. Here’s what happened when he replied...
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Life
How to deal with a broken heart at Christmas, according to three writers
When everyone around you is indulging in all the festive season has to offer, how do you deal with your broken heart?
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- Sarah Shaffi
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Win a rural writing retreat with Arvon to celebrate the release of Knives Out
Free your imagination and let your writing off the leash
Life
Struggling to write that book? Marian Keyes’ words on failure are the ultimate inspiration
And they apply to every area of your life.
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- Hollie Richardson
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