Greenfield, FenellaOverview
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Fenella Greenfield
Making children's picture books
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3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 46 libraries worldwide The three authors discuss how they use children, their own and others, as inspiration and as critics of children's stories.
Isabel Allende, with Marina Warner
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 41 libraries worldwide Isabel Allende, niece of the late President Salvador Allende of Chile, talks about her life and work as a writer.
William Burroughs
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2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 39 libraries worldwide Kathy Acker interviews William Burroughs about his paintings during an October Gallery exhibition in London.
Anthony Burgess
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 36 libraries worldwide Anthony Burgess talks with A.S. Byatt about quarrelling with the Catholic God, Catholicism as a culture, "evil" as a theological reality, role of language in A clockwork orange, the English novel and Catholicism, choosing a title, background to Earthly powers, the novel as text, and influence of music on structure.
Fay Weldon, with Valerie Grove
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2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide Fay Weldon talks about her work with Valerie Grove, and in particular her novel Leader of the band.
The killing fields : the facts behind the film
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1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 25 libraries worldwide
Marina Warner
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide Marina Warner speaks with Lisa Appignanesi about her life as a writer, historian and critic. Some of the topics they discuss are women and virginity, influences of Catholicism, gender and separation, women's history within fairy tales and a comparison of history and fiction.
ICA Guardian conversations - Ben Okri with Edward Blishen
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide Summary: Over the years, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London has hosted innumerable public interviews with prominent writers, often arranged to coincide with the publication of a new book and sometimes to take advantage of a foreign author's visit to England. Frequently the interviewer has also been a well known literary personality. Here Edward Blishen interviews Nigerian writer Ben Okri on the occasion of the publication of his new collection of short stories, "Stars of the new curfew". Okri is asked about one of the dominant themes of his work, namely the question of innocence and corruption, and discusses a variety of other topics, including socialist realism in the African novel, the impact of the civil war on Nigerian literature, the importance of a nation facing its nightmares, the role of the second generation of Nigerian writers, the energy of life in Lagos as source material and the use of language in novels as compared to short stories.
John Irving, with Liz Calder
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide Author John Irving, in London for the publication there of A Prayer for Owen Meany, discusses with publisher Liz Calder his vocation as a writer (from age 11), his interests in violence as a part of life, and his latest book, a Prayer for Owen Meany.
Peter Carey
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide Peter Carey talks with Margaret Walters about Australian literature, landscape, role of painting in Australian culture, aboriginal culture, Australian Christianity, satire and fantasy, and comparing the short story with the novel.
Peter Carey with Margaret Walters
by Peter Carey
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2 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide Australian author Peter Carey discusses his novels, the way he works and Australian culture.
John Mortimer with Michael Billington
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 11 libraries worldwide John Mortimer discusses his fiction, including the Rumpole series, the difference between fact and fiction, and the Englishness of his characters.
Marina Warner, with Lisa Appignanesi
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide Marina Warner talks on topics such as comparing fiction with historical analyses, women and virginity, influences of Catholicism, gener and separation, women's history with fairy tales and the history conained with ephemera.
Toni Morrison with A S Byatt
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide Morrison discusses how to define oneself as a writer, how Black American literature has developed, politics in writing, and her characterisation and style.
Howard Brenton
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2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide In this video Howard Brenton talks to writer Donna Soto-Morettini about his work as both playwright and novelist and analysis the differences between writing fiction and drama.
Three Cuban poets, with Ana de Skalon
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
Writers on writing
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2 editions published in 1989 in Undetermined and English and held by 8 libraries worldwide Various authors examine aspects of their craft and describe their methods. Some focus on various forms of writing and the demands these forms place on the author and the reader. Science fiction and detective novel writing is explored.
The Killing fields : the facts behind the film
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1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide
Quentin Blake
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide Discusses various themes in children's literature.
Writers on writing 5. Form - genre
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3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide Authors focus on various forms of writing and on the demands these forms make on the writer and the reader. The second section introduces the idea of genre and looks at science fiction and detective novels. more
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African American women authors Allende, Isabel Australian literature Authors Authors, American Authors, Australian Authors, Chilean Authors, English Authors, Nigerian Authorship Blake, Quentin Brenton, Howard,--1942- Burgess, Anthony,--1917-1993 Burroughs, William S.,--1914-1997 Cambodia Carey, Peter Carey, Peter,--1943- Children's literature, English Cole, Babette Creative writing Creative writing--Study and teaching Diego, Eliseo Dith Pran,--1942-2008 English literature--Black authors God Great Britain History Hughes, Shirley Hughes, Shirley,--1927- Hutchins, Pat,--1942- Illustrated children's books Illustrators Interviews Irving, John,--1942- Killing fields (Motion picture) Literary form Literature López, César,--1933- Morrison, Toni Mortimer, John,--1923-2009 Okri, Ben Painters Painting, American Parti communiste du Kampuchea Pérez Sarduy, Pedro,--1943- Poets, Cuban Political atrocities United States Warner, Marina,--1946- Weldon, Fay
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