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» Markus Zusak interview - The Book Thief

Write Club talks to Markus Zusak about The Book Thief, which gripped Brighton and Hove during City Reads


How do you feel about the concept of a whole city reading your book? (I have seen people reading The Book Thief in the theatre, on the bus and in the laundrette.)
It’s exciting and nerve-wracking simultaneously. There’s a part of you that loves the idea of seeing someone reading your book, but then there’s another part that dreads seeing them yawn or put it down… I’ve never seen anyone reading my book, but if I did, I’d definitely want it to be in a laundrette. Read the rest of this article »

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» Mark Thomas interview

Victoria Nangle chats to comedian, activist, novelist and policy collector Mark Thomas


Mark Thomas is enjoying the sunshine, but more than that, he’s enjoying his new tour. Obviously there’s going to be some political content to it – this is Mark Thomas, scourge of the status quo and campaigner for the little people. But how will it manifest? So I asked him – what’s the show about?
“Okay. It’s a comedy show, and basically what I do is I ask people to come up with suggestions for policies to improve our lives and make the world a better place. And people put forward their policies and then we discuss them in the show and then we vote on them and we choose a policy and I go and campaign upon it.” That sounds brilliant. And he’s had some classic policies come out of it so far. “Some of them we’ve started working on already. The good thing is there’s loads of really really good ideas. It’s really fun to do.” Any examples? “Last night when we were in Manchester they insisted on having two policies. The policy at one was that you should have a recall system for MPs so that you can sign a petition and recall an MP back to their constituency now and again. The other one that won was that there should be an age of consent for religion.” Read the rest of this article »

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» Paddy Ashdown interview

Paddy Ashdown spoke to Ralph Miller about his highs, lows and why he couldn’t work for Gordon Brown


Paddy Ashdown has tried his hand at a few things down the years. The charismatic soldier-cum-diplomat with a degree in Chinese has helped rebuild a Balkan state, sat in both Houses of Parliament and spent 11 years as leader of the Liberal Democrats. I caught up with him to discuss his varied and extraordinary life ahead of the release of his autobiography A Fortunate Life. Read the rest of this article »

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» Geoff Norcott interview

Victoria Nangle chats to comic, TV presenter, radio writer, sports fan and romantic Geoff Norcott


Geoff Norcott is watching the cricket. He’s at the England Versus West Indies Test Match and he’s taken five minutes out to talk to me. But, as he admits himself, “To be fair it‘s cricket, so we could talk for five minutes and still nothing might have happened.” He’s prepared to take the gamble of being distracted by me. So what’s this new Edinburgh show all about? Read the rest of this article »

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