Tindal Street Masterclasses

Here's the penultimate in our '12 Days of Christmas Masterclasses' series. Alan Mahar examines how Cynthia Ozick uses plain, simple language to convey powerful emotion in her short stories.

The tenth of our '12 Days of Christmas Masterclasses' - Gaynor Arnold looks at Canadian writer Alice Munro and how she uses 'novel tactics' to write engrossing short-stories.

Here's the ninth masterclass of our '12 Days of Christmas Masterclasses', by comic author Paul McDonald. It's called 'Be Funny' and takes the stories of American humorist James Thurber as inspiration.