Today the Big Issue releases it’s 14th annual Fiction Edition. Featuring both new and established writers, the Fiction Edition has helped launch several writing careers.

This year the judges reviewed over 400 applications before making their selection.

The magazine also  includes commissioned work from award-winning authors Garth Nix, Marija Peričić, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Melanie Cheng and Tony Birch.

Amy Hetherington, Editor of Big Issue came into the studio to tell Tess Connery  all about it.