Work Experience Diary: More of My First Day
On my first morning, I set down my mug of tea and slid onto a wooden seat at a long editorial table for my first meeting with Les. Even though … Continued
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A profile on Kev Howlett.
Kev Howlett is the creative artist behind all of Busybird Publishing’s projects. The covers of every issue of [untitled], Journey: Experiences with Breast Cancer, and the illustrator behind Who is … Continued
Story Forms.
So, you want to tell a story; you have a brilliant idea that is simply bursting to get out, and you won’t be able to get any rest until you’ve … Continued
Punctuation: Part 1.
I love punctuation. There’s obvious punctuation (and punctuating) you learn in primary school: e.g. full stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, the apostrophe, and quotation marks. Bizarrely, in primary school … Continued
Work Experience: My First Day
On a chilly Friday morning, before I was awake, I drove across town to the leafy suburb of Montmorency for my first day of work experience. I could hardly believe … Continued
Book Review.
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith Headline Publishing Group (London: 2012) 3 out of 5 stars Recommended for girls aged 13-20 The Statistical Probability of … Continued
Launch.
Whilst Busybird has been around for over fifteen years, for the bulk of that time we were a business focused on design and photography. Our evolution into publishing has been … Continued
A Vignette with A.S. Patric.
How/why did you get into writing? If literature is a mirror on life, writers are the kinds of people that don’t really see themselves in sheets of glass or mirrors. … Continued