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I am particularly inspired by writers who approach their work ever so slightly sideways. Just a step, not the whole…
Many of the books I now regard as foundational seem to have been discovered more or less by accident, often…
In one particular light some stories end, in another they reach different conclusions or remain unfinished; neither of us is…
I found a reflection of my own life and ambition in Mansfield’s, bought a cheap edition of her short stories,…
As a late starter, approaching sixty, every book I produce has to count. So first I pick an issue I…
For advice to be of any use, it’s got to be timely. Unless you’re in need of guidance at that…
Fiction suggests rather than dictates, it alludes rather than presents; building deep wells layer by layer. Fiction suggests rather than…
There are poets I love but will hesitate to read if I am in the middle of writing a poem…
Written in the broken English of a black girl in the American South of the early twentieth century, it spoke…
I constantly read history books and watch documentaries and films, visit museums and locations. All these activities give me ideas.…
Without the invitation I would never have brought these disparate experiences together, never compared the perspectives on writing and gardens…
Through Amado I sensed society could be more forgiving than life in Surrey. Tent of Miracles was my self-help book.…
