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Welcome
It’s a double-bonus month at the Mslexia office – the new issue has arrived, as has our 2010 Writer’s Diary! If you’re already a subscriber, we hope your issue has found you at home despite postal strikes; for your copy of the hot-off-the-presses Diary, click here. Joining us in the current Mslexia is award-winning crime writer Laura Wilson with a brand new eight-part masterclass in crime fiction. Also in the issue, Danuta Kean examines the current state of the publishing industry…
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Gliterary Lunches
Mslexia editor Daneet Steffens will be introducing Gliterary Lunches at Leeds (with Olivia Lichenstein and Helen Walsh) and Newcastle (with Margaret Drabble and Tracy Chevalier) in November. Book now » 
Mslexia Roadshow
is on the road, and will be stopping off for days at: the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, with workshops and Sarah Waters in conversation (28 Nov); and at the Bluecoat Centre, Liverpool, where Booker prizewinner Hilary Mantel will talk to Debbie Taylor (5 Dec). Tickets available from the respective venues Click here »
Mslexia Short Story Competition
The Mslexia Women's Short Story Competition 2010 is now open for entries. Judge: Tracy Chevalier. First Prize: £2,000 plus a week's writing retreat at Chawton House Library and a day with a Virago editor. Closing date: 25 January 2010. Find out more »
Win!
Just in time for Christmas, we have five copies of Jeanette Winterson's delightful new children's book The Lion, the Unicorn and Me (Scholastic) to give away. This book, illustrated by Rosie MacCurrach, tells the Christmas story of the humble donkey, chosen for a journey of discovery to Bethlehem over the lion and unicorn. To be in with a chance of winning, just answer the simple question by following the link below. Good luck!
CLOSING DATE: 17 December
Inside the new issue
Issue 43
Oct/Nov/Dec 09
Patience Agbabi introduces her New Writing choices on the theme of Idols ◊ Between the Covers - Danuta Kean investigates the current state of the publishing industry ◊ Auriol Bishop is The Insider ◊ Jane Gardam's Bottom Drawer ◊ Colette Bryce interviews Polly Clark for Making a Poem ◊ Lynn Barber talks to Daneet Steffens ◊ Explore
"Actually, I'd say that the nice interviews outnumber the nasty ones, but it's always interesting when readers love the nasty ones."
Lynn Barber ◊ Interview
"I started my writing life with short stories, and know how hard it is to get them right."
Tracy Chevalier ◊ Mslexia Women's Short Story Competition 2010
