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| My trophy photo with Jonathan when we met at last year's Hay Festival |
Showing posts with label Patrick Hardy Lecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Hardy Lecture. Show all posts
Monday, 24 September 2012
Jonathan Stroud: The F Word is Fantasy
By Candy Gourlay
A year ago, I attended a brilliant Patrick Hardy Lecture* on The F Word: Writing Fantasy for Children by Jonathan Stroud (of Bartimaeus Trilogy fame).
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