AL Kennedy: The novelist kicks off a new series, coinciding with the Edinburgh international book festival, where writers consider the words that mean most to them
Working early in my career with vulnerable writers, I saw how the arts – like the Paralympics – can release power and status for people whom society was working hard to keep very far from both
AL Kennedy: Complete commitment, down to the last comma, is the only way for me to make writing work. Which isn't good news for everything else in my life
The novel's nearly out. Time to start telling people about it
I appreciate the value of the promotional round, but it's not my forte. The best way to approach it, I've found, is never to read the interviews and never, ever to look at the photographs
