Posts tagged 'Teenage'
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The End of Reality: Why Novels are getting Weirder
Posted 21 December 2012 Matt Haig talks to authors like James Smythe and Nick Harkaway about science fiction, the end of the world and 'genre'. Read 'The End of Reality: Why Novels...' -
Everything you wanted to know about being a writer...
Posted 10 December 2012 In which Matt lists all the things you never knew about writers, like what are they like, how do they take bad reviews and how good are they at dancing... Read 'Everything you wanted to know about...' -
Books without barriers
Posted 3 December 2012 In his first blog as online writer in residence, Matt Haig lays out his agenda for the next six months and teaches us a thing or two about genre snobbery... Read 'Books without barriers ' -
The importance of a great book cover
Posted 18 May 2012 As Booktrust writer-in-residence I haven't yet touched on the subject of book covers so for this post, I've decided to do just that. For me, covers are vitally important and... Read 'The importance of a great book...' -
Diversity in literature
Posted 8 May 2012 One of the topics, which I've given talks and interviews about again and again, is the question of whether young adult and teen literature is diverse enough. Does it accurately... Read 'Diversity in literature ' -
Writing the Riots - the winners
Posted 25 April 2012 I've finally decided the winner and runners-up in the Booktrust Writing the Riots creative writing competition Read 'Writing the Riots - the winners' -
'Express Yourself'
Posted 23 April 2012 I was asked to organise an event as part of my residency with Booktrust, and that event happened at London Book Fair. The idea I had was pretty simple too.... Read ''Express Yourself' ' -
Plotting your ideas
Posted 12 April 2012 After my recent blog about using the world you know to inform your stories, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about plotting your ideas. Read 'Plotting your ideas ' -
What makes a good teen/YA novel?
Posted 5 April 2012 Time and again I get asked what makes a great teen novel. I know what I think but I thought it might be interesting to ask some of my fellow... Read 'What makes a good teen/YA novel?' -
These are some of my favourite things
Posted 26 March 2012 Throughout my career I've read many teenage and young adult novels. Partly I like to know what else is out there. Mostly however, I read them because I want to... Read 'These are some of my favourite...'
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