The poet, publisher, cultural commentator and author of the acclaimed novel Tail of the Blue Bird talks to the Hub.

This is the launch edition of a new website for fiction, poetry, features, reviews and opinon on the world of writing. Run by the Birkbeck Writing Programme, membership is free and open to all. Register to post comments, create a profile, access our archive of resources and to submit work for potential publication on the site.

Julia Bell starts the discussion on the new Wells Tower collection Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. Register to join the debate.

Read author Jean McNeil’s diary of her recent trip to the Arctic as the NERC’s Writer in Residence.

New stories from Sally Hinchcliffe and Melissa De Villiers.

The first WritLoud of 2010 featured author

AL Kennedy. Listen to her reading here.

Next event - 15 March, with Alex Preston