::mslexia magazine issues::


	JOOLZ • WENDY COPE • SOPHIE HANNAH • NINA BAWDEN • KIRSTY WARK

	EDITORIAL I'VE come back to lovely Newcastle to edit another issue of the mag (which I did jointly with Lorna Russell for Issue 7), leaving Debbie Taylor some time for her own writing. For Issue 11, we (the Mslexia team and I) wanted to expand the magazine’s UK remit and look beyond these shores. It would be the ‘international’ or ‘travel’ issue. At the same time we wanted it to be relevant and of interest to writers in this country. With this in mind, the agenda article takes a look at censorship – a pressing issue for writers across the globe – and asks how it affects us here in Britain. Meanwhile, Granta’s senior editor Sara Holloway challenges our parochialism and makes the case for reading books in translation. Taking another, less literal, direction with the travel theme are novelist Lesley Glaister and Margaret Wilkinson, who write about the journeys we take when we use our imagination. And, in terms of venturing beyond our usual way of doing things, I went to Bradford to interview Joolz, Britain’s foremost performance poet (and now crime fiction writer) who has dared to do things her own, rather unconventional, way. Enjoy! Melanie Ashby Guest Editor			Contents: Issue 11 Autumn/Winter 2001 Special features AGENDA: CENSORSHIP The hand across our mouths Across the globe, writers experience government repression and extremist attacks. But this isn’t just someone else’s problem. Melanie Ashby on how censorship affects us all THE MSLEXIA INTERVIEW Performance poet and novelist Joolz talks to Melanie Ashby › Read from the interview › Read the Author's Method › Browse interviews OTHER FEATURES Flights of fancy While you don’t even have to leave the house to write a novel, the distances you cover may be great. Novelist Lesley Glaister on a writer’s inner journeys Books without borders We read pitifully few books from abroad compared with people in non-English-speaking countries. Sara Holloway tells us why we should read books in translation Talk this way The way we speak is important to the way we write. Carol Russell explores how African-Caribbean writers use patois, and shows how we can use the spoken word effectively Trading places Our beloved Bridget Jones’s Diary was sold to over 30 countries. Lorna Russell on the books that go global New Writing WATER Poetry and prose selected by Britain's well-loved poet Wendy Cope › Read new writing 11 › Browse new writing REGULARS • Letters • First Person Singular Lydia Fulleylove re-learns how to write after an accident • News • Getting Started… writing non-fiction • Nuts & bolts World wide web for writers, our pick of sites to introduce you to writing on the web and an internet glossary • The Blank Page: TAKE A JOURNEY TO THE MIND'S INNER REACHES with Margaret Wilkinson › Try this workshop › Browse workshops • Guide to guides: Writing short stories • Poetic forms: Linda France's regular tutorial on the main poetic forms: Rondeau Redoublé with a specially-commissioned example by Sophie Hannah • The Slush Pile at Best magazine • Word Surgeon: Dr Ingrid K tackles a case of Introductions BOOKS Literary analysis: According to Queenie by Beryl Bainbridge Reviews: Fortysomething fiction, South American fiction, Debut novels, Frothy bestsellers Small press fiction: Lavinia Greenlaw dips into our box of small-press and self-published poetry Best ever books by women Nina Bawden chooses Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski List profile Voyager (HarperCollins) Bedside Table Kirsty Wark DIRECTORY Competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues › Add me to the Mslexia listings

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