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1 week ago

The Names author Florence Knapp: I'd love to write with Maya Angelou's warmth'

Emotional storytelling profoundly impacts readers, creating shared experiences and inspiring future writers through the exploration of relationships and human complexities.
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6 months ago

Nick Harkaway: I loathed Charles Dickens it nearly turned me off reading for ever'

Early and varied reading experiences shaped a lifelong, evolving love of literature and inspired a career and creative ambition through specific influential books.
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fromIndependent
8 months ago

Meet Steve Cavanagh, the Belfast human rights lawyer who became a crime writing bestseller

Crime novelist Steve Cavanagh's career inspires his Eddie Flynn series, showcasing how ordinary items can be manipulated for sinister purposes.
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fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

Jhumpa Lahiri on Mavis Gallant's "Voices Lost in Snow"

Mavis Gallant's 'Voices Lost in Snow' reshapes narrative conventions, emphasizing memory and perception over traditional storytelling.
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10 months ago

Andrew Hunter Murray: Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I find more jokes'

The book that made me want to be a writer was John Wyndham's The Kraken Wakes. It sparked the idea that became my first novel.
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10 months ago

Margaret Drabble: Our family had a passion for Georgette Heyer'

The author's reading experiences significantly shaped their understanding of literature and desire to write.
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