Today’s article has been written by Ben Maltz-Jones. In what will hopefully be a new, fairly regular feature on the site, I’m going to be covering the various happenings in the world of film, and the trials and tribulations of bringing a much loved literary property from the page to the screen. And what a [...]

As I walked into the office the careers advisor fell back into her chair as my confidence hit her like a freight train. ‘Right’, I said. ‘I want a career in writing, sports writing preferably. Now make it happen!’. She began typing on her computer as I leaned back in my seat and wafted my [...]

I am a book nut. Really! I love books; the smell of a fresh off the press book, printer’s ink, the smell of a leather binding, crisp pages and glossy covers with artwork that is fresh and presents the theme of the book to entice the reader even further than the “back of the book” [...]

When I was around seven years old I acted in a school play that explored the endless fun that you can have with opposites. The word in question was ‘right’ and, of course, ‘right and wrong’ and ‘right and left’ were suitably explored and sung about. But the twist in the rather limited script revolved [...]

A few days ago, I read an article by a twitter-friend of mine, Emlyn Chand. It outlines a number of ‘rules’ for going into coffee shops when a writer is hard at work on their netbook or Macbook Air or whatever the cool kids are using nowadays. From a writer’s perspective, I found this quite [...]