Edinburgh-based novelist, Greg Michaelson explores one of our worst fears as writers: that our writing isn’t original

Poet and Convener of The Sydney Poetry Lounge, Daragh Byrne explores the value of mindfulness in writing poetry, 'using the flawed tool of language.'

Don Krieger's careful interrogation of the data is unsettling in its pursuit of truth.

Ada Wofford discusses DeLillo's 'Pafko at the Wall' and the abiding romance of sports culture

Poet and former choral scholar, Adrian Salmon continues the debate about the relationship between poetry and music.

Novelist and poet, Rose Mary Boehm discusses her life and craft with engaging candour.

Poet, journalist, fiction writer and literary essayist, Michael Paul Hogan takes us to Kiowa Ranch, New Mexico in 1925 and a question asked of the host that has significance for us all.

Poet. film-maker and essayist, Sarah Leavesley, with characteristic inventive vitality, tackles the perennial problem of writing a suitable author biography.

Sophia Kouidou-Giles translates the work of Karina Ioannidou which takes us on a boat trip tour of the peninsula that is far more perilous than first thought

Eimear Murphy's engaging, moving memoir explores why writing is so central to her life

Award-winning poet and regular contributor to The Write Life, Dominic Fisher explores key links between music and poetry

Writer and journalist, Kieran Devaney remembers his friend, the sculptor Eamonn O'Doherty, and his unerring ability always to have the last laugh.

Writer and teacher, K. M. Huber recalls a nerve-jangling incident from her time teaching in Lima and shows how the past can sometimes simply walk through the door

Dominic Fisher offers readers a delightful mix of wry humour, perceptive poetry criticism and pertinent gardening tips as he engages in conversation with visiting poets.

Michael Paul Hogan deftly summarises both the joy and the torment in our love of books

Historian, theatre artist and poet, Cristina A Began explores the background to her poetry and explains what she hopes it will achieve in the future

Poet, playwright and short story writer, Mike Smith tackles the tricky subject of poetic form

Writer and teacher, Marilyn June Janson explains how Autumn is a time rich in memory for her in this moving piece of short form prose.

Mary Oishi, Albuquerque Poet Laureate, speaks from the heart about the power of poetry to pull people 'back from the abyss'.

Poet, writer and translator, Sophia Kouidou-Giles reflects on this year's virtual political conventions in the USA and offers her personal response

Award-winning writer, K.M. Elkes suggests it is time to ditch 'the pernicious myth of the lonely writer'

Clare Morris, Editor of The Write Life, explores the implications of Ofqual's recent decision that poetry should no longer be a compulsory requirement for GCSE English Literature examinations in England.

Storyteller, author and playwright, Kevin Kling reflects movingly on the power of love when facing the frustrations of everyday life, living with a disability

Writer, poet and editor, Tracy Gaughan explores the wonder of books and the poetry they offer.

Writer, performer, director and editor, Melissa Todd offers practical advice about how to deal with criticism productively in this engaging article.

Travel writer and journalist, Gail Harrington explains why life in Rosses Point, Sligo provides a welcome escape from any nightmare.

Poet Sandra Renew reflects on the power of words in this engaging piece of short form prose.

Writer, poet and translator, Sophia Kouidou-Giles reflects on the challenges facing memoir writers, drawing compelling evidence from her own experience.

Writer and poet, Mike Smith, explores the significance of a story's ending and discusses why we sometimes need to state the obvious.

Award-winning writer, Sandra Arnold, recalls being a guest at an Omani wedding .

Teacher and writer, Melissa St Pierre explains how a house becomes a home through one significant addition.

Writer and poet, Ysella Sims explores the complexities of our relationship with built and natural environments.

Writer and poet, Don Krieger considers the strangeness of silence in this piece of flash non-fiction.

Award-winning writer and ex-journalist, Nigel Jarrett muses on the impact of changes to county boundaries and names, as we move from lockdown to 'some semblance of the old normality.'

Poet, novelist and essayist, Antonia Hildebrand explores two of the most remarkable court cases in Australian legal history.

Writer, journalist and broadcaster, Kieran Devaney explores the inventive steps people will take to make sure they are never short of a drink in Ireland.

In the fifth of his occasional series, poet and gardener, Dominic Fisher welcomes another visitor to his allotment, the poet, Dylan Thomas

Writer, critic and musician, Ada Wofford explores how we read graphic novels and focuses on Scott McCloud's 'Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art.'

Translator and writer, Sophia Kouidou-Giles shares her translation of an excerpt from Karina Ioannidou's compelling play 'The Bells of Hagia Sophia Toll.'

Writer and lecturer, Sally Gander, with characteristic wry humour., takes us through her New Word Course, designed to meet the challenge of the lockdown.

Writer and teacher, Alison Jones explores the impact the lockdown has had on her teaching team, and explains why teachers should always be regarded as writers.

In the first of an occasional series, Clare Morris discusses how we develop our craft as writers and introduces pieces by Margaret Kiernan and Mark Bayliss.

Award-winning journalist and teacher, Stacey Curran recalls how her husband's traumatic visit to the hospital ended in laughter and friendship, supported by the international language of sport.

Essayist Terry Barr wonders whether we really are doing our best.

Poet and writer, Mike Smith explores a Giovanni Verga story and discusses what is meant by the term 'novella'.

Writer and artist, Delia Pring shares her experience of being a left-handed writer in this compelling memoir.

Writer and director, Melissa Todd explains how you need to listen to your body if you want to be creative.

The Blue Nib's Reviews Editor, Emma Lee explains the processes involved in selecting, writing and producing reviews.

Mike Smith on Eliza Lynn Linton who was the first female salaried journalist in Britain, and the author of over 20 novels.

Diana Powell on why what a writer knows can be found in the most surprising details of a story