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In this magazine
ISSUE 45
Apr/May/Jun 2010
Featuring… DREDA SAY MITCHELL ◊ KAMILA SHAMSIE ◊ JODI PICOULT ◊ MONIZA ALVI ◊ VICTORIA COREN
Special
AGENDA
In the Loop
Publishing industry journalist Sarah Weinman takes on iPads and ebooks, crunches the numbers and discovers how women are driving the digital revolution.
INTERVIEW
Kamila Shamsie talks to Suzi Feay
FEATURES
Feel the Fear...
Afraid of writing poetry? You're not alone – and there is a cure. Mslexia's poetry adviser, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, heals all.
The Insider: Lucy Luck
Small-screen Scribes
Writing for television? Is it glamour all the way? TV script editor and writer Laura Cotton takes us behind the scenes.
Regulars
NEW WRITING: 2010 Mslexia Short Story Competition
winners selected by Tracy Chevalier
FIRST DRAFT
Dreda Say Mitchell
MAKING A POEM
Moniza Alvi talks to Colette Bryce
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Jodi Picoult never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Victoria Coren 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, Recommended reading
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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