Today in brief: Martinis with W H Auden remembered, 103 years after his birth , Helen Garner talks about fact, fiction and the high drama of the courtroom and Some rules for writing: adverbs are sinful and pens leak
The Guardian reviews Elmore Leonard's ten rules for writing fiction, including tips from Geoff Dyer, who will visit the Wheeler Centre in early March.
W H Auden, born on February 21st 1907, would have been 103 yesterday. In The Times, Andrew Motion recalls a brief, but profound, friendship with the poet.
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