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Guildford Book Festival’s new story competition goes digital

Commutabooks LogoShort story writers are being encouraged to enter a competition that organisers are calling the first of its kind.

Line up of Hay Festival announced

Hay FestivalCurrent and former presidents join literary heavyweights among the line up for this year's Hay Festival.

The political world is represented by former Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf while playwright Tom Stoppard appears from the world of literature.

INTERVIEW: Harry Bingham on publishing and the Festival of Writing

Harry BinghamHarry Bingham's debut novel, The Money Makers, hit the Sunday Times bestseller list. Since then he's written four more for Harper Collins and is Editorial Director of the Writers' Workshop. As well as being Britain’s largest writers’ services company, the Writers' Workshop organises the York Festival of Writing.

Harry told the BookShed about his path to publication, the Writer's Workshop and the upcoming Festival of Writing.