In conversation

In reflecting on his expansive literary career, Lawrence Scott, focuses on Dangerous Freedom, his novel about the historical figure Dido Belle.

Talking about how she makes sure of keeping in touch with her young readership

Preti Taneja reflects on her work as an engaged writer with disenfranchised groups, and how her prose might be used as a tool for minority rights.

A man who, determined to get his money's worth out of a dusty computer, made the journey from cabbie to writer and his meter's still running.

A many-faceted career

Writing on graph paper and the value of mentorship

On Maame’s explorations of love and literature, her training in psychotherapy and her life as a Ghanaian Londoner with two names.

Talking about acting, writing and running his own talent agency

Books, music and a mother and son radio show

‘Growing up on my council estate the arts felt elitist. They never felt like they represented us.’

In front of an audience at the Cambridge Literary festival, Gary Younge, a Guardian columnist for more than two decades reflects on the extraordinary moments in history that he witnessed and reported on, from the election of President Nelson Mandela to the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.

Keeping a diary and writing bad poetry in the build up to a successful career as a screen writer.