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In this magazine
ISSUE 44
Jan/Feb/Mar 2010
Featuring… LAURA WILSON ◊ NAOMI ALDERMAN ◊ ALEX CLARK ◊ SARA WHEELER ◊ HILARY BRADT
Special
AGENDA
Revisiting the Reviews
Investigative journalist Jane Mackenzie scours the review pages, solicits industry feedback – and bumps up against ye olde glasse ceiling.
INTERVIEW
Naomi Alderman talks to Daneet Steffens
FEATURES
The Write Stuff
Nearly two decades after The Artist's Way was first published, Maeve Hosea revisits this classic writer's guide.
The Insider: Emma Draude
The New It Girls!
Katniss, Lyra, Sookie and Dru: Are these the names of feminist heroines of the future? Leonora Craig Cohen weighs in.
Regulars
NEW WRITING: SKIN
poetry and prose selected by Alex Clark
FIRST DRAFT
Sara Wheeler
MAKING A POEM
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin talks to Colette Bryce
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Bernardine Evaristo never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Hilary Bradt likes to read
Plus…
GUIDELINES
Joy of, Lowdown, Dear Danuta
INSPIRATIONS
Crime Writing with Laura Wilson
Making a poem, Write your self, Keep going
BOOKS
How to write a bestseller, Books for Young Adults, Writers' Bookshelf, 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.
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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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