What Even Is An Agent?
This is a Building Blocs piece, in which Bri Lee interviews Literary Agent Grace Heifetz about what exactly an agent does. Bri Lee interviews an agent…
What Even Is A Mentor?
This is a piece by Lauren Sherritt on the importance of professional creative mentoring programs. During the first few years of my writing career, I’ve been…
Ask Me Editing | The It’s A Trap! Edition
Welcome to Ask Me Editing, the publishing and writing advice column that puts the ‘IMPish sense of humour’ back in IMPoster syndrome. Let’s go solve…
Giveaway : Portable Curiosities
This is a giveaway, in which we do what it says on the tin. We give something away. So, being the stand-up literary citizens that…
Interview: Julie Koh
This is an interview with Julie Koh, author of the the new collection Portable Curiosities, in conversation with Patrick Lenton. Julie Koh has written two short story…
Eight Lives by Chloe Walker
Today’s Bloc Feature has been shared with us by Funny Ha Ha, a magnificent zine that features humour and emotion According to Founder and Editor,…
Interview – Briohny Doyle
This is an interview with author and academic, Briohny Doyle, by Raphaelle Race. The Island Will Sink is Briohny Doyle’s debut novel, a book about the…
The Island Will Sink – excerpt
This is an excerpt from The Island Will Sink, by Briohny Doyle. INT. BOARDROOM. WIDE SHOT. DAY Twelve men sit around a large table. They…
Reality Testing Episode Three: About Aboutness
This is Reality Testing, our column where Khalid Warsame and Joshua Barnes fight over an idea. KW So our increasingly inaccurately defined ‘fortnightly’ column is back. JB: Once we’re…
Brave New World
You may have noticed we’ve had a little haircut. We’ve got a brand new, cleaner look, but that’s just the start. For the past few…