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Jill Dawson

Jill Dawson

Jill Dawson tells Frances Byrnes about writing’s ‘pleasure not punishment’, the importance of physicality and the inspiring richness of the Fens. Jill Dawson tells Frances Byrnes about the importance of ‘pleasure not punishment’ in writing, the inspiring richness of the Fenland environment, and the barn owl who wanted to be in her novel.


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