2004

Selina Hastings, Anthony Thwaite and Simon Gray examine the Department of Education's use of language
Anita Desai discusses the creative process with Maggie Gee
Michael Holroyd wonders why banks are baffled by writers
The Archbishop of Canterbury on poetry and faith
James Knox relives the agony of trying to finish his first book
How Carloline Moorehead crossed the line between writing and action
Anthony Gardner interviews Sir Christopher Ondaatje about the new RSL Ondaatje Prize
Ysenda Maxtone Graham on literary competitions
Short story: Cherise Saywell's winning entry for the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
Sue Gaisford in praise of laconic authors
Sixty-five years ago: James Fergusson exhumes an RSL spat

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