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In this magazine
ISSUE 15
Oct/Nov/Dec 2002
Featuring… ROSE TREMAIN ◊ ADELE GERAS ◊ MAGGIE GEE ◊ TREZZA AZZOPARDI ◊ SANDI TOKSVIG
Special
AGENDA
Deconstructing creativity
Debbie Taylor looks at recent research to discover how we may all have the capacity to be more creative
INTERVIEW
Novelist Rose Tremain talks to Melanie Ashby
FEATURES
The literary editor’s tale
Sue Hepworth shadows the Observer’s Robert McCrum for a day to see how the book reviews are put together
The naked truth
To what extent should a writer censor herself? Julie Myerson argues that truth is the best criterion
Acting up
Gerry Wardle on the exciting new opportunities on stage and screen for poets and prose writers
Regulars
NEW WRITING: FAIRYTALES
Poetry and prose selected by Adèle Geras
FIRST DRAFT
Trezza Azzopardi on her writing process
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Maggie Gee never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Sandi Toksvig likes to read
Plus…
SHORTS
Insider Trading, Make it Pay, Ask the Expert, Sale of the Season, Diary of a Freelance Writer
CREATIVITY
Cannabis: smoke without fire?
Katrina Crosbie looks at whether marijuana can help your writing.
Write on the wild side with Margaret Wilkinson
First Principles: primer in Contemporary Poetry with Linda France
BOOKS
How to write like…, Literary Landmarks, Independent press profile, Mslexia book reviews
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
