Mslexia

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In this magazine

ISSUE 10

Summer/Autumn 2001

Featuring… MARGARET ATWOOD ◊ MAGGIE GEE ◊ MICHELENE WANDOR ◊ RUTH PADEL ◊ CLAIRE RAYNER

Special

AGENDA

Ageing: The future of writing
In just a few years women over 60 will be the biggest age-group in the UK. Debbie Taylor sees a revolution brewing in literature and concludes that there has never been a better time for a woman writer to grow old.

INTERVIEW

Novelist Margaret Atwood talks to Debbie Taylor

FEATURES

Have book, will travel
Why do most aspiring writers read so little? Maggie Gee argues that if we don’t read, we deny ourselves the information and inspiration we need.

Face off
Elsbeth Lindner of the Women’s Press thought she knew all there was to know about the balance of power between the author and editor. Then she wrote a novel.

The book of the film
Jane Harris explains how the principles and disciplines of screenwriting can help a novelist structure and prioritise her work.

MIND AND BODY: The Mozart Effect
Katrina Crosbie on how the rhythms of music can influence the rhythms of your brain

Regulars

NEW WRITING: CONVERSATION

Poetry and prose selected by Michelene Wandor

POETIC FORMS

Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
Tanka with a specially-commissioned example by Ruth Padel

BEDSIDE TABLE

What Claire Rayner likes to read

Plus…

STARTERS

Nuts & Bolts, First Person Singular, Getting Started in…, The Slush Pile

CREATIVITY

The Blank Page - workshop with Margaret Wilkinson
Word Surgeon with Dr Ingrid K

BOOKS

Literary analysis, Small Press Fiction, Best Ever Books by Women, Publishers' List profile, Mslexia book reviews

DIRECTORY

Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues