“… I would hate to tell the same story twice.” An Interview with TJ Benson.
TJ Benson served the Migrations judges quite the cup of "Tea" with his story of accidents, immigrants and love in a time of illegal labour, set in Sicily. "Tea" was the…
“…the illusion that we can understand each other is perhaps the most beautiful of all.” An Interview With Sese Yane, Part 2
In the second half of our interview with Sese Yane gives us a peek into his double life as well as some of the themes that run through his fiction…
#WeekendRead – Umar Turaki’s ‘Naming’
This excerpt comes from 'Naming' by writer-filmmaker, Umar Turaki who was our #WriterWednesday this week. Travellers crammed into a car reckon with a dark night of the soul on a journey…
“Still I feel life seeping out of my scrawny bones.” An Interview with #WriterPrompt winner Innocent Chizaram Ilo.
I am dreaming about a dreamTonight, I am dreaming about a dream of being in a bubble. A pink bubble, silky and a bit gossamer. Wait, I am not the…
Final #WriterPrompt For 2016: Guest Writer Wole Talabi
How quickly a year goes by! We have a treat for the final #WriterPrompt of the year but first a look at the micro-writing workshop's beginnings. How #WriterPrompt Came To BeShort Story…
#WriteTips From Writer Tag: Diane and Akwaeke
Diane and Akwaeke went, writer to writer a while ago. Read their meeting of minds here. Today they share some of their tips, strategies and encouragement for anyone writing. Diane…
#WriterWednesday #WriteTips – The Artist, The Author and The Poet
Our #WriteTips come from a poet, a visual artist and an author so they all approach writing in quite different ways. Each of their views shine light on the writer's…
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‘I like to explore what the absence of love can do to a living being.’ Akwaeke Emezi interviews Nana Nyarko Boateng.
Another Wednesday, another writer tagged! Writer to Writer, A Game of Writer Tag continues. Akwaeke picked Ghanaian writer Nana Nyarko Boateng. In conversation, Nana opened up about the personal nature of her…
#WriteTips: 4 Views – Onoh, Mulgrew, Davids and Otter
Nuzo OnohMy number one editing tip is - Never do it all by yourself as a writer. The eyes can never see all that the brain can conceive. No matter…
#Weekend Read – Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Who Will Claim You?’
Akwaeke considers her blessing and trial of multiple heritages in a lovely excerpt from her memoir. With a maturity belying her years and a deftness of touch her personal story…