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Preparing for publication

Debut novelist Richard Lambert discusses getting ready for his book’s publication

Case Study: Jon Ransom

“It’s a little unreal having a successful author discuss my writing.”

Case Study: Richard Lambert

From poetry to short stories to YA fiction, Richard Lambert has got all bases covered

Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown publishes her debut novel

Former Escalator winner

From Norwich to New York

Writer Megan Bradbury on her journey through Escalator

Case study: Michael Donkor

From Escalator/Inspires to accomplished debut novel

Escalator Showcase 2018

Industry showcase for ten promising new writers

From There to Here

Kate Swindlehurst on her writing journey – via a Parkinson’s diagnosis, winning a place on our Escalator talent development scheme and the Argentine tango

Escalator 2017 winners announced

Netflix screenwriter, cosmology graduate and TV and film journalist win a place on the coveted scheme

Former Escalator writers publish debut novels

Miranda Doyle and Jane Menczer to host a joint book launch on 31 May

Hazel Compton on nine months of Escalator

‘I applied to Escalator feeling pretty confident that I wouldn’t get in.’

‘I applied for Escalator when my baby was two months old’

Emma Vandore on juggling writing and motherhood

Linden Hibbert on Escalator

‘Escalator is the antidote to so many of the hardest parts of being a developing writer’

Escalator Mentors 2017

Our team of five mentors is complete!

‘Suddenly I could fly’

Sally-Anne Lomas on her experience of Escalator

Yvvette Edwards and Cathy Rentzenbrink

First two Escalator mentors revealed

Pooja Puri, ‘The Jungle’

2014 Ideas Tap winner publishes debut novel

The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

Richard Lambert, Anjali Joseph and Sally Rooney among those longlisted

Escalator Talent Development Scheme

Seeking the most exciting emerging fiction writers in the East of England

A most crucial year

Ruth Dugdall talks about how Escalator helped her become a published author

Ed Parnell, author of ‘The Listeners’

On the long-standing friendships gained from Escalator

An Inspiring Six Months for IdeasTap Winners

See how they’re progressing six months in

Artistic Rivalry and Literary Friendships

A Guest Blog from Emma Claire Sweeney

52,190 Words of ‘Light Relief’

A guest blog from Escalatee Robert Mason

Escalator Alchemy

A Guest Blog from Escalatee Jon Curran

A Lovely Bunch

Celebrating the 2012 Escalatees at the Showcase

What a Difference a Year Makes

Celebrating the 2012 Escalatees

Story and Sugar

A guest blog from Escalator Winner James Ferron Anderson

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