“The biggest lesson has been in being myself, and finding what it is that only I can write.”

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We spoke with Hachette author Pamela Hart ahead of her appearance at Inside the Publishing House next week.

'If we are to really create an environment and platforms for diverse voices, we need to allow them to have and express the full spectrum of their personhood.'

If we are true to our selves and our craft, if we are merciless and unflinching in our approach to new thoughts and ideas, if we stare down all the things that scare us into silence, it is the wider world that will come to fear the fire in words of i...

"I am a disgusting, despicable human being, and look, I’m not going to lie and deny this in this this sanctified space of the Emerging Writers Festival website."

"Here's the funny thing about Imposter Syndrome – it's generally the high achievers and the brightest bulbs that get it. Congratulations! You feel like shit because you rock. It's also typically prevalent in women. Congratulations! Fuck the patriar...

There'll be performances and readings from the of three sharpest lit-mags around, all centring on cult writing, be it about music, film or other left-of-centre obsessions.