Crime galore: Interview with Elly Griffiths
LISTEN UP ASPIRING WRITERS! Crime novelist, Elly Griffiths, reveals the inspirations behind her Ruth Galloway series and has some useful advice for striving writers
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Magna Carter and King John: An Interview with Stephen Church
How is King John linked to Robin Hood and Joffrey Baratheon? Ellen Lavelle chats with author Stephen Church about his new biography of the tyrannical King on the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carter
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What shows will be keeping you ‘moTVated’ through exams?
Four TV writers tell us which TV shows they'll be using as a reward post-exams
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Fractals: Live reading event
Ellen Lavelle attends an evening of live readings organised by Warwick Creative Writing MA students
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The university experience: sweeter than fiction?
Six Books writers discuss the novels they feel best capture the university experience
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Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates (review)
Ellen Lavelle reviews a debut novel exploring the sadistic games played by students at Oxford University. But does ‘Black Chalk’ deliver the thrilling ride promised?
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A conversation with historical novelist Karen Maitland
Ellen Lavelle chats with the author of multiple medieval thrillers about her work
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A meeting with ‘The Miniaturist’ author Jessie Burton
Ellen Lavelle describes her meeting with 'The Miniaturist' author Jessie Burton at an event organised by Lindum Bookstore, a new independent book shop in Lincoln
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From Fiction to Films
Ellen Lavelle reels against the recent trend to adapt books into films, but is it all bad?
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