Wish Writers Network

22/04/2016

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 bring your own authentic to create an original

There has to be truth to originality.

14/04/2016

Tada ... The Man Booker Prize Shortlist for 2016

We are delighted to reveal the Man Booker International Prize 2016 shortlist! http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-international-prize-2016-shortlist-announced

26/03/2016

So absolutely true ...

It's necessary to be alone when you're a writer. Embrace it.

26/03/2016

Yup - has it happened to you? Thinking some of these comebacks may be worth a try :)

Last week, writer and tweeter extraordinaire Elizabeth McCracken tweeted this: There is something unique about the way people talk to writers. Strangers seem very willing to offer career advice & #8…

10/03/2016

Always an exciting time for us here at WWN to trawl our way through the Man Booker Longlist. Although we admit still working through last years. Any favourites from 2015?

We are delighted to reveal the Man Booker International Prize 2016 longlist! You can read more about the books here: http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-international-prize-2016-longlist-announced

19/02/2016

Elena Ferrante seems to be whipping up a storm in Naples, albeit an anonymous one

Mystery author’s novels, soon to be turned into a TV series, put Italian city in the limelight

18/02/2016

An interesting and yet appalling insight into Fanfic (read the comments) and a lawsuit alluding to the use of flaming swords and enchanted mirrors somehow infringing Kenyon's copyright. Read if you're game, any Fanfic authors out there want to share their experiences - we would love to hear more.

Not since 1999 have two titans of the best-seller lists clashed so spectacularly. Back then, novelist Nora Roberts, already a juggernaut with 35 millio ...

08/02/2016

5 recommended reads for the month of February

11/01/2016

What do you prefer? Book then film/tv series or film/tv series then book? Or do you alternate depending on the title?

This infographic takes a look at some of the most popular book series of our time, and their consequent adaptations, delving into their ratings on websites such

07/01/2016

This is a movement we completely back and invite you to get behind. It's important for all authors everywhere to be paid, attributed and have the ability to receive equitable and value earnings for their work.

Pullman supports Society of Authors’ campaign for fairer terms, as writers’ wages fall below poverty line: ‘Authors are the only essential part of the process’