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In this magazine
ISSUE 37
Apr/May/Jun 2008
Featuring… WENDY HOLDEN ◊ TAHMIMA ANAM ◊ BONNIE GREER ◊ FLEUR ADCOCK ◊ SARA WAJID
Special
AGENDA
The road less travelled
Poet Melanie Challenger, this year's British Antarctic Survey's Artist In Residence, takes us on her journey.
INTERVIEW
Cartoonist Posy Simmonds talks to Daneet Steffens
FEATURES
A passionate habit
Literary nonfiction tutor Julie Wheelwright on researching and writing your project.
La vie en rose en Les Cévennes
France-based novelist and magazine columnist Samantha David reveals her trade secrets.
New artistry, unveiled
Young Muslim women artists are very much the scene in London. Journalist Sara Wajid introduces us.
Regulars
NEW WRITING: ZOO
poetry and prose selected by Fleur Adcock
FIRST DRAFT
Tahmima Anam
MAKING A POEM
Siân Hughes talks to Kate Clanchy
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Wendy Holden never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Bonnie Greer likes to read
Plus…
GUIDELINES
Joy of, Lowdown, 10 top tips, Money matters
INSPIRATIONS
Writing workshops with Bernadine Evaristo
Making a poem, Write your self, Keep going
BOOKS
How to write a bestseller, Books for Young Adults, Writers' Bookshelf, 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
