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| My trophy photo with Jonathan when we met at last year's Hay Festival |
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).
Friday, 21 September 2012
Go for gold! Why we must all be more like Andy Murray
This is actually a heads up that something absolutely brilliant has just been posted on the Demention Blog by Julie Bertagna (author of the extraordinary Exodus trilogy).The demon of self-doubt lives inside every artist and athlete, in anyone who has ever pushed beyond their comfort zone. So many actors, writers, musicians and comedians
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
If everyone's now got a platform how are you going to stand out?
By Candy Gourlay
It was only oh five years ago that I was giving talks advising authors and illustrators to get themselves a platform.
It was only oh five years ago that I was giving talks advising authors and illustrators to get themselves a platform.
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