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Old Hat?
Hugh Stoddart considers how far the passage of time affects a writer’s work. Revisiting his past work, Hugh Stoddart reflects…
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Bethan Roberts – Life-changing Literature
Written in the broken English of a black girl in the American South of the early twentieth century, it spoke…
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Julia Copus
Julia Copus shares a writing week diary that spans dogs, distractions and glitzy dinners in the city. Julia Copus shares…
Paul Dowswell – How I Write
I constantly read history books and watch documentaries and films, visit museums and locations. All these activities give me ideas.…
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Shooting The Past
Morgen Witzel on getting to grips with fourteenth-century warfare. As a writer of historical fiction, Morgen Witzel wasn’t content to…
Robyn Marsack – Why I Write
Without the invitation I would never have brought these disparate experiences together, never compared the perspectives on writing and gardens…
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Tobias Jones, part 1
Tobias Jones speaks with James McConnachie about investigating corruption in Italy during the Berlusconi era. Tobias Jones speaks with James…
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Jackie Wills – Life-changing Literature
Through Amado I sensed society could be more forgiving than life in Surrey. Tent of Miracles was my self-help book.…
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A Writer’s Worlds
Deborah Chancellor considers the ways that a writer’s shifting identities can influence her work. Throughout her writing life, Deborah Chancellor…
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Diana Evans
Diana Evans speaks with Frances Byrnes about her original career as a dancer, stories vs. real life, and the need…
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Harry Ritchie – How I Write
I think I would rather read the Shades of Grey trilogy that re-read one of my novels. Wait a minute,…
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Regi Claire – Why I Write
Perhaps you were never young? Perhaps you came into existence fully fledged as a know all? But perhaps you were…