More and more writers are finding opportunities as writers in residence, yet planning and preparation are vital to make residencies work. Emma Hewett offers a guide to setting out a writer?s residency.

Writers in residence are employed to spend a particular period of time with an organisation. Gone are the days when they would be confined to a university, museum or arts centre. Residencies take place everywhere, from banks to supermarkets, tattoo parlours to oil rigs, community... more