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Our new ‘insider interview’ is with the very successful, very funny and very frank, novelist Kathy Lette.
Kathy talks about her route to getting published and her writing life now as well as offering her own brand of advice to aspiring writers, including the odd word of warning.
She talks about her experience of literary agents and Read more
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On camera: Jon McGregor
"Being longlisted for the Booker Prize changed everything - it was the launchpad for my writing career." Click to view our video with novelist Jon McGregor »
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