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A Journey of Souls – Why Novels Are the Most Truthful Medium

Roz Morris — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:11:06 +0000

The first time someone talks to you because they’ve read your novel, it is very peculiar. The novel I have just published – My Memories of a Future Life – is about a classical pianist who has to stop playing because of a mysterious injury. Her desperation and her search for a cure are the […]

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On Memoirs: Writing About Abuse and Difficult Topics

Judith Haire — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:19:44 +0000

I’d always loved writing. I’d kept journals, written poetry and short stories and had ideas for books. I’d never thought about writing my own story but there came a point where I wanted to share it to try to release myself from the past and its haunting memories. I should explain that I grew up […]

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A Book Reviewer’s Tale

Susie Maguire — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:07:46 +0000

In 2003, I was a freelance book critic for the Sunday Herald (Scotland, UK). The paper’s literary editor, Alan Taylor, worked for part of the week at a long table in a rather gloomy office overlooking Edinburgh‘s handsome St Andrew’s Square, and every week I would go in and spend an hour or so looking […]

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