You want big name interviews? Not a problem. We have Julie Myerson, Mark Billingham, Geraldine McCaughrean and the Guardian’s literary editor Claire Armitstead, just to get started with.

You want advice? Sorted. There’s our regular Agents’ View feature with Andrew Lownie and this issue’s guest agent, Meg Davis; Tips on submitting non-fiction from Helen Corner of Cornerstones Literary Consultancy; Synopsis Doc with Sheila Bulger and, with the kind permission of Andrew Lownie, a collection of twenty-four top editors tell us exactly what they’ll be looking out for in 2012.

All our regulars stuff is in there too, of course, including Perry and Derek’s usual madness and a plethora of quizzes, crosswords, guessing games and general daftness.

Also, beginning this issue, we’ll be featuring new content exclusively for our print subscribers, just to say thank you. We start with the first in a series of motivational centrefold posters as well as a new short story from Jo Reed.

Enjoy!

We've got 2 copies of Julie Myerson's 'Then' to give away in February's Comp Corner ... FREE entry