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Romance and politics mix for Sandra Howard
Sixties fashion model turned novelist Sandra Howard also appears at the lit fest on June 23, interviewed by presenter Penny Smith about her book Ex-Wives.
Sophie McKenzie reaches out to a more grown-up audience
The writer best known for young adult novels is now focusing on parents and the grief of losing a child
Tina Seskis took big steps to pen ‘One Step Too Far’
Writer/publisher who went it alone returns to read her novel where career first blossomed
From dog in night-time to a tortoise enclosure at London Zoo
Mark Haddon is among the literary figures inviting people to join them on a visit to see London Zoo’s animals in a whole new light
Dannie Abse ponders fleeting inspiration in new poetry collection
Good men, wild men, grave men. As Dylan Thomas once wrote, all must eventually face the dying of the light. For the last four years, however, his compatriot Dannie Abse has looked the other way.
City girl feels the pull of farm life
Her debut novel has been described as ‘kitchen sink drama meets The Archers’ and includes authoritative passages on sheep virus and bringing in the beet.
Immigrant Tracey Chevalier learns the vital lessons of acceptance
Nearly 30 years ago, Tracy Chevalier arrived on these shores from America. Now she’s used her experiences as an immigrant in her latest novel
Life won’t stop at 65 for Deborah Moggach
Woman behind feel-good bestseller made into blockbuster movie shares plenty with guests of the Exotic Marigold Hotel
Names that are notorious for their criminality
Author Kris Hollington takes Ham&High readers on an exclusive criminal tour through Hampstead and Highgate
Al Alavrez’s painful memory of how he failed Sylvia Plath
Fifty year ago this week talented poet Plath took her own life in her Primrose Hill flat
The world according to Al Alvarez: poetry, poker and ponds swims
As the diary of his dips on the Heath is published, Al Alvarez mulls over the burden of ageing and the joys of getting all cold and wet
Music therapy gives new brain insight
Music therapy has been developed to help change the lives of many people, from high-security prisoners to children with autism
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