Category: Interviews
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Interview with Jasbinder Bilan
According to family stories, Jasbinder was born in a stable in the foothills of the Himalayas. Until she was a year and a half, she lived on a farm inhabited by a grumpy camel and a monkey called Oma. When she was one-and-a-half, Jasbinder and her family moved from India to Nottingham, England. Jasbinder graduated…
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Festive Interview With Elen Caldecott
Bristol based author Elen Caldecott answers our questions! These days my family know that the only gift I really want are book tokens. So, come January, I’m spoiled when it comes to reading! This year, I’ll be seeking out Malorie Blackman’s memoir, ‘Just Sayin’’. I also want to read Louisa Reid’s ‘Activist’ as I love…
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Interview With David Solomons
David’s first novel for children, My Brother is a Superhero, won the Waterstones Children’s Prize 2016 and the British Book Industry Award’s Children’s Book of the Year 2016. My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord is the second book in the series. Rights in the books have to date been sold to 15 territories, all…
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Interview with Dandy Smith
June is National Crime Writing month. We’ve asked Frome-based author Dandy Smith some questions. We hope you enjoy reading… It’s almost impossible to choose only one because there’s a wealth of talent within the genre. I think I’ve read almost everything B.A. Paris has written – her storytelling is suspenseful and seamless. Charlotte Bigland’s debut…
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Interview With Damaris Young
Damaris Young is the author of The Switching Hour and The Creature Keeper, which are both aimed at 9+ readers. Damaris loves writing edge-of-your-seat adventures that have an environmental message, with brave characters, strong friendships and extraordinary animals.Damaris completed an MA at Bath Spa University in Writing for Young People. She lives in Bristol, UK.…
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Interview with Charles Nevin
Charles Nevin has written for, among others, the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, the Daily Telegraph, The Times and Sunday Times, and the New York Times. Sometimes in Bath is his second book of fiction following Lost in the Wash with Other Things, a collection of short stories. He has also published three books of…
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Interview with Cate Ray
To celebrate June being National Crime Writing Month we’ve asked Bath-based author Cate Ray some questions, we hope you enjoy reading! A view, preferably a nice one! Peace: I struggle to write with too many distractions. Coffee: only 2 a day, but they kick-start my brain. A plan: I like to know where I’m going.…
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Interview With Anthony Burt
Bath-based Anthony has written books, scripts and articles for Nickelodeon, Disney, Harpercollins, Macmillan, Dreamworks, The BBC, The Guardian, The Wrap, Haymarket Publishing, Parragon, Paramount and CiTV, and has been a professional writing competition judge for the prestigious Bath Novel Award. Being able to reach your inner child to such a degree you can let your…
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Interview With Bath Storytelling Circle
A Bath based community group of oral storytellers, performance poets and folk singers, find out more at: firesprings.org.uk/bath-storytelling-circle Anthony: having gained experience and confidence through telling stories for some months in the safe, semi-private setting of a storytelling club. Verona: I attended the Bath Storytelling circle in The Raven Pub for about six months, enjoying…
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Festive Interview with Annelise Gray
Dorset based author and Classicist Annelise Gray answers some of our questions. We hope you enjoy reading her answers. 1. The willpower to turn off the Wi-Fi (not always successful). 2. A choice of different places to work. I have a writing desk at home but sometimes the Muse does not visit me there, no…