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The Ones We Love The Most

Adam Haslett is the author of the short story collection, You Are Not A Stranger Here, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the PEN/Winship Award. His new novel Imagine Me Gone explores a family's love, as well as the depression that resonates through the generations. Theo Tait writing for The Sunday Times described the novel as ‘intimate and panoramic’. He continued,‘there is an exhilaration in reading something so perceptive and well executed’. Waterstones Online’s Sally Campbell caught up with the author to discuss his writing routine, the term 'mental illness' and his exceptionally well-received new book.

Sarah Waters Writing Tips and Best Books by Young Authors

The Young Writer of the Year Award shortlist is announced on Sunday and in the run up, we have asked previous years' winners to share writing tips and favourite texts by young authors.

How to find, write and finish a story

Writing tips from Tasha Kavanagh, author of Things We Have in Common

Top tips for writing

Struggling to get your ideas down on paper? Or have you already written your magnum opus and wonder what to do next? Best-selling author Cathy Glass shares some top tips for writers...

The writer's year: February, Kate Mosse

Acclaimed author Kate Mosse celebrates National Story Telling Week (1st-8th February) with some tips for would-be writers...