A couple of years ago I met Michael Bond at the launch of the two volume history of Playschool. He was charming and told about how he used to work in the BBC children’s television department and worked on (among other things) Playschool. His work there inspired...
I am recording Tightrope by Simon Mawer, a beautifully written novel that tells what happens to Marian (a Anglo/French member of the Resistence during the last war) when she comes home after capture, torture and the hell of Ravensbrück concentration camp.  Agents,...
Nice feedback for my talk in Ware. More talks coming up. Watch this space! I wanted to thank you very much for the event with Gordon last week in Ware. It was a real success and the feedback we had back was brilliant. The number of people who attended was absolutely...
TE Tan Dear Mr Griffin, Many thanks for doing a superb reading of my novel, The Gift of Rain. Best, Twan Eng
I leave the dark and sinister world of 1984 and drift down the Grand Canal to venice in the 1400s. The Floating Book (Michelle Lovric)is a story of passion, pox and printing. An extraordinary dense powerful novel. And it would be impossible to think of a novel more...
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