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Writers' desktops

  • Tullimaar House, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, the former home of Nobel prize-winning novelist William Golding

    William Golding's former home - in pictures

    60th anniversary of Lord of Flies by William Golding
  • Craig Taylor desktop

    Craig Taylor: my desktop

    The Canadian author on why he doesn't really like his laptop, and why pictures of his beekeeping father make him smile

  • Nikesh Shukla, My desktop

    Nikesh Shukla: My desktop

    The Coconut Unlimited author on why he loves Microsoft Word, a dock full of distracting apps – and punning on Twitter

  • Jed Mercurio's desktop

    Jed Mercurio: My desktop

    The writer explains why he won't write on anything other than a computer, and why he avoids Twitter
  • David Dezmozgis's desktop

    David Bezmozgis: My desktop

    The novelist and screenwriter explains his attempts to keep his writing projects in order, and why he wouldn't want to swap places with Norman Mailer

  • TC Boyle's desktop

    My desktop: TC Boyle

    The novelist talks us through his reluctant engagement with the digital age, and his strategies for escaping it

  • Evie Wyld, writers' desktops

    Evie Wyld: My desktop

    One of Granta's best young British novelists explains why she shares her workspace with a grunting koala and a salted hen

  • Melting Pot … Al Kennedy's desktop, featuring a shot from the island of Sark.

    AL Kennedy: My desktop

    The Costa award-winning novelist and standup takes us through the icons, treasured and obsolete, that share her workspace

  • George Saunders desktop

    George Saunders: My desktop

    Recently named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, the writer tells Ben Johncock about his very reluctant engagement with computers

  • Marie Phillips

    Marie Phillips: My desktop

    Tools for writing, and for procrastination and 'goofing off', all have their place in this workspace
  • Jenn Ashworth's desktop

    Jenn Ashworth: My desktop

    One of The Culture Show's top 12 best new novelists explains the method to the madness behind all her gadgets and apps, and why she has a folder called 'ego'
  • David Vann's desktop

    David Vann: My desktop

    The novelist reveals how he can't even sign his name in longhand now he's switched to typing and why he downloaded the Kindle app in desperation

  • Joanne Harris's desktop

    Joanne Harris: My desktop

    The novelist explains how her computer plugs her straight into the story, and why Twitter offers her more than a 'mini-break from the mind'

  • Louise Doughty's desktop

    Louise Doughty: My desktop

    The novelist explains how she avoids electronic distractions from writing but remains very grateful for her computer
  • Steven Hall's desktop

    Steven Hall: My desktop

    The novelist explains why computers, and even phones, feel much more suitable and safe ways to write than traditional pen and paper
  • Julie Myerson's desktop

    Julie Myerson: My desktop

    The novelist explains that she can't write on anything other than her computer any more, but relies on her family to understand how it works
  • Tom McCarthy's desktop

    Tom McCarthy: My desktop

    In the first of a new series where writers show us around their working lives by revealing what's on their computer desktops, Tom McCarthy explains how technology is woven into his creative life

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