Inside Writing Magazine March issue:

Plan your writing year with our events guide

- Details of hundreds of literary festivals, workshops, courses and retreats, to help you find something in your area, or plan your visits further afield

- What’s the right kind of course for you, and what can you expect to get out of it? 

- What are the benefits of going on a guided retreat?

- How to get the most out of literary festivals

- Plus, enter our exclusive competition to WIN a 4-day trip to a writing retreat in Devon

Winners announced: the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize. Did you win?

Trends for 2019

- What is ‘uplit’ and how do you write it?

- Inclusivity – essential advice on using characters with different backgrounds sensitively and appropriately

Interviews and profiles

- Star Interview: How Writing Magazine subscriber Mary Gibson turned her local knowledge and memories into a saga success story

- Explore the style and technique of Jojo Moyes

- Poet, playwright and journalist George Gunn shares the routines of his writing day

- Crime author Elizabeth Mundy picks her five favourite reads