Metro Writers Blog

Maggie Maggie

Some Thoughts on Books

I think my current reading habit started when I was a kid. From a young age, my happiest weekends in the mountains were spent being...

Michael Arnold

Why Writers are Always Naked

A lecturer invited to speak about poetry at my old university began his talk by taking off his clothes. As the astonished students looked...

Metro Writers

The Only Digital Marketing Tool No-one Talks About

The advertising industry is in a chaotic state of change as the world has shifted online faster than ever before. Broad changes in...

Metro Writers

How to Quit Your Job and Become a Full-time Writer

I wanted to drop English teaching from the moment I started. I first read about these glamorous posts abroad while working at my first...

Michael Arnold

The Mark We Make on History

When my father died, all I had left of him was a book. His story survives him, it’s his measure of immortality. That book also changed my...

Michael Arnold

Book Launch at L'Usine

Metro Writers was responsible for creating the international edition of Letters in Love and War, and we feel greatly honoured to have had...