New books and first world problems

by Sarah

I popped into Cardigan’s Oxfam last week and took a chance on a clutch of novels I have mixed feelings about. I immediately hear alarm bells when I spot rave reviews from The… Continue reading →

Writing about writing – Rachel Cusk’s ‘Outline’

by Sarah

In order to alleviate unnecessary head-scratching and present-buying anxiety, a month or so before Christmas and my birthday, I start to leave heavy hints with my husband about the books I’d be eternally… Continue reading →

View over the top of my book #16

by Sarah

On Friday, BBC Cymru Wales held a writers’ forum in Cardiff to launch this year’s Wales Drama Award. In the past, I’ve tried my hand at writing sketches for the BBC Radio satirical… Continue reading →

What do Edgar Allan Poe, Parisian strollers and knitting have in common? Read on…

by Sarah

Last week the latest edition of Interweave’s Knitting Traditions magazine plopped through the letter box, and it had my article and knitting patterns in it – hoorah, fame at last! I wrote an article about… Continue reading →

If it’s good enough for John Steinbeck, it’s good enough for me.

by Sarah

Ah stationery, you are my weakness! Recognising that a penchant for Montblanc fountain pens was a path to certain disappointment, I have instead developed a love for fine pencils, namely the Palomino Blackwing. I… Continue reading →

So Long Mono-reading, I’m going to miss you!

by Sarah

My reading experience during January was delightful. I read six books in their entirety after finishing off Proust’s In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, and was only a few pages short… Continue reading →

I can’t help but notice, I don’t have a writing tower.

by Lucy

I have been reading that Vita Sackville-West said Virginia Woolf’s study, a sweet-looking little cabin, was an utter mess inside full of broken junk,which I love as it seems very out of character.… Continue reading →

Who wants a Peek inside My New Bureau

by Sarah

Actually it’s not new, it’s been sitting unused in the cabin for quite a while as lack of internet means I don’t write up there much. Still, it’s my exciting shiny new work… Continue reading →

He Should Have Joined A Writing Group

by Sarah

If you have ever summoned the courage to show some of your creative writing to another living person (cats and houseplants don’t count, I’m afraid) you should read about young Proust’s experience of… Continue reading →

The Art of Looking Sideways

by Sarah

I feel really lucky to be able to spend a lot of my time writing and making stuff, and recently I’ve been in quite a comfortable, productive, creative, groove. It can feel blissful… Continue reading →