Seating Arrangements – from Let Me Know When You’re Home: Stories of Female Friendship

By Sara Sherwood

Read a short story by Sara Sherwood, following old friends at a dinner party. and originally published in Let Me Know When You're Home. Read More

Our next theme – PLEASURE

Submissions for our next online theme, PLEASURE, are now closed. Read More

WISDOM prompts: lessons, advice and heroes

We're thrilled to share the winner of the DD WISDOM prompts competition, Emma Boyns. Read More

Writing Tips from So Long As You Write

Did you make a resolution to write more this year? So Long As You Write, edited by Kerry Ryan, is brimming with inspiration and tips on putting pen to paper.  We share some of her advice. Read More

Our next theme – WISDOM

As one year ends, and another begins, what have you learned? Our next theme is WISDOM. Read More

Introducing Tutku Barbaros – author of DD’s next collection

Meet Tutku, whose triumphant story collection we’ll be publishing next summer as DD’s second one-author book, with support using public funding from Arts Council England.  Read More

DD Book Bundle Prompt Challenge

To celebrate our new DD book bundle, we put together some writing prompts themed to tie in with our books, and asked our wonderful community to respond to them. One lucky writer wins a DD Book Bundle! Read More

Meet our books

With four collections of fiction, non-fiction and poetry out in the world, we wanted to take a moment to reintroduce you to this empowering gang – through a bit of speed dating. Read More

Ep 14: So Long As You Write

To mark the publication of SLAYW, we're back with an episode celebrating the magic of putting pen to paper. Featuring exclusive readings from the contributors and a discussion on what writing means to you.   Read More

Our next theme: EGO

This submission theme is now closed. Read More