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                                        Gervase

The power of observation

I am fascinated by human behaviour, people’s mannerisms, accents, nervous tics: significant details which are so invaluable for a writer
by Gervase Phinn
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                                        Andrew

Why I write poetry

Poetry is at once a very primitive and a very subtle thing – an expression of our fundamental and passionate delight in rhythms, sounds and patterns
by Andrew Motion

An Interview with Joyce Dunbar

Joyce Dunbar has written 80 children's books, including several best-sellers that have been translated into many different languages. Joyce worked in the education sector before...
An Interview with Joyce Dunbar

The art of writing love stories: An interview with Kate Walker of Mills & Boon

Bookbite reader Stephen Wade met up with Kate Walker who has written over 50 novels for Mills & Boon Stephen Wade writes: I am a...
The art of writing love stories: An interview with Kate Walker of Mills & Boon

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