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In this magazine
ISSUE 19
Oct/Nov/Dec 2003
Featuring… BERYL BAINBRIDGE ◊ LOUISE WELSH ◊ JULIA DARLING ◊ ALLISON PEARSON ◊ CLAIRE ARMITSTEAD
Special
AGENDA
Waving or drowning?
Danuta Kean surveys the world – past and present – of women’s publishing, and asks if feminism is being served
INTERVIEW
Novelist Beryl Bainbridge talks to Debbie Taylor
FEATURES
Cinderella at Sixty
Are we past it when we’re past 40? Sarah Bower talks to fellow writers who have flowered later in life
Cover story
What makes a book cover stand out and persuade you to pick it up? Melanie Ashby asks the design experts
The best medicine
Writing is a craft, but it can also be a cure. Therapeutic writing practitioner Gillie Bolton explains how
Regulars
NEW WRITING: HIT AND RUN
Poetry and prose selected by Louise Welsh
FIRST DRAFT
Allison Pearson on her writing process
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Julia Darling never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Claire Armitstead likes to read
Plus…
SHORTS
Insider Trading, Make it Pay, Ask the Expert, Sale of the Season, Diary of a Freelance Writer
CREATIVITY
Beating back the gremlins: Writing coach Bekki Hill suggests ways of dealing with our negativity
Write on the wild side with Margaret Wilkinson
First Principles: primer in Contemporary Poetry with Linda France
BOOKS
How to write like…, Literary Landmarks, Independent press profile, Mslexia book reviews
DIRECTORY
Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues
THE Mslexia ARCHIVE
You can browse back issue contents year by year below, or click to view the full archive list.
Features on the website
BOOKS
What to read, what not to read: Mslexia readers & reviewers give their verdict on the latest books, plus our celebrity guest reveals what's on her Bedside Table. Explore Books
THE Mslexia INTERVIEW
We find out what makes a successful author tick in this in-depth one-to-one on the highs and lows of writing and getting published. Read from the current Mslexia Interview
NEW WRITING
Sample the best freshly-picked writing as chosen by our guest author and read her essay; plus - we announce the new submission theme. Go to New Writing
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