Elanor Dymott – How I Write
As the story develops, corridors are re-positioned and walls punctuated by gates that were never there. This helps me to…
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Kevin Clarke – My Reading Habits
Our sitting down side by side, and his joy in reading to me, was ended; guilt then, infests my reading…
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What’s Your Favourite Children’s Book?
Writers discuss their favourite children’s book. Courttia Newland, Esther Selsdon, Nicola Baldwin, Hugh Stoddart, Mario Petrucci and Marina Benjamin discuss…
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The Six Lives
Susan Fletcher on why we find the lives of Henry VIII’s six queens so interesting. Susan Fletcher recalls the moment…
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Lucinda Hawksley – Writers Who Inspire Me
A writer doesn’t have to be famous to make you think, and feel, and remember their work. I read George…
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Robyn Marsack, part 2
Robyn Marsack speaks with Cherise Saywell about WW1 and Edmund Blunden, her grandfather’s war writing, and a literary surprise. Robyn…
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Antony Mason – How I Write
Research pitted with fascinating rabbit holes down which I’ll dive because my curiosity has been piqued. Research pitted with fascinating…
Diana Hendry – Life-changing Literature
Poetry, furnished with ordinary people like bus drivers and sad aunts, and written in a language that was playful, witty…
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Ghost Stories
Robin Blake on the difficult art of writing someone else’s book for them. Robin Blake reflects on the history of…
Anna Reynolds – How Writing Changes The Writer
How it feels when I do it is how I imagine flying would feel to a bird; sometimes just what…
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Donny O’Rourke & Hugh Thomson
Donny O’Rourke summers in Orkney for Litha, and Hugh Thomson enjoys some seasonal outdoor swimming. Donny O’Rourke takes in the…
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Roopa Farooki – My Reading Habits
I wanted to find books that were heavy enough to keep me going until my visit the following week and…