A bookshop in East Sussex has launched an early morning initiative to help writers. Kemptown Bookshop, in St George's Rd, Brighton, opens its doors at 05:00 BST on the first Wednesday of every month for a silent writing session.

Owner Cathy Hayward said: "There's no workshopping, just the motivation of being around other writers as the sun comes up." The bookshop opens to the general public at 09:00, but Ms Hayward says the early writers are welcome to stay. This just felt like a nice news story so thought I'd share. Enjoy.