“Novelists get to the heart of things; journalists can’t,” said Blake Morrison speaking recently at University College Falmouth. Heather Hosking tells all.

Campaigning environmentalist Paul Kingsnorth, author of Real England, gives Dan Cadwallader advice on telling stories about the real world.

Paul Kingsnorth on narrative non-fiction

Sophie Parkin tells Phil Williams how the recession of the early 90s prompted her to switch career – and how she started earning a living from writing.

Meg Rosoff talked about writing for teens at the 2009 London Book Fair. Profwriting student Fiona Egglestone reports back.

"Mornings are for new work, afternoons for updating, revising, editing. Some days work – others don’t. Some days you’ll write 10 pages, others only 10 words."

Multi-award-winning author Sarah Waters talks to Andi Chapman about her day-to-day life as a writer and how her life as an academic feeds into her writing.

John le Carré is one of the world's best-selling spy novelists. Want to know why he writes – and his tips for those starting out? Kathryn Treeby tells all.