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Tag: creative process

Book review: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne

First Morrissey, now Barbara Pym. They say you should never meet your heroes, perhaps you don’t want to know their … More

20th-century classic, barbara pym, biography, creative process

SPOILER review: New Grub Street by George Gissing

This is one of my occasional series where I share my thoughts on the whole of a book, so if … More

19th-century classic, creative process, public domain, spoiler review, victorian

Book review: There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Polly Barton

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job is interesting to me on two levels. First, the literal one. Like … More

creative process, japanese, translation

Audiobook review: A Theatre for Dreamers, written and narrated by Polly Samson

A Theatre for Dreamers should have been fascinating. Its starting point is the true story of a community of writers … More

creative process, music

Book review: Paul Simon: The Life by Robert Hilburn

I’ve been a fan of Paul Simon since I saw Simon and Garfunkel’s The Concert in Central Park on TV … More

biography, creative process, music

An indefinite present, an unknowable future

This still doesn’t seem real. One minute I’m doing ordinary, everyday things, the next I remember that everything has changed. … More

coronavirus, creative process

Book review: The Crossed Out Notebook by Nicolás Giacobone, translated by Megan McDowell

Writers often lament the fact that they are beset by distractions. Some will go to great lengths to isolate themselves, … More

argentina, creative process, literary thriller, novels about imprisonment, translation

Reblog: Where Writers Write

Not much to look at? Today I’m a guest on the TNBBC blog, arguing that a boring workspace makes for … More

creative process

Book review: Misery by Stephen King

I’ve been wanting to read Misery for years but have somehow not got round to it till now (and miraculously … More

20th-century classic, creative process, horror, novels about imprisonment, thriller

Me or my characters – who’s in charge?

Someone recently asked me why I had made Jim, one of the protagonists in my novel Not the End, a … More

creative process

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