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Lucy Driscoll – Present

Present – A picture article by Lucy Driscoll.

A Most Cool Author – An Interview With R.J. Ellory

Ellory admits to probably not reading enough in recent years – but we’ll forgive him – a four-hundred page novel every twelve months not to mention the book tours, work in local libraries, replying religiously to e-mails from fans (and aspiring writers…!), some charity work and of course a family – does exonerate him.

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The Book Swap Interview – Isabel Losada

There are always a lot of good and excellent things to consider – art, music, literature, people who are inspiring. Lots to celebrate. And I think often of a man I miss. But I’m not mentioning him. Obviously.

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The Book Swap Interview – Jonathan Lee

It’s coming to something when quitting, an impulse that’s usually considered destructive, gets wheeled out as a man’s greatest achievement but leaving behind my safe, nicely paid job that I’d trained to do for years was difficult. I’m someone who likes an element of routine, of safety and familiarity, and backing myself to write a novel – when in truth I had no good reason to believe I could write a publishable one – required a leap of faith.

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The Book Swap Interview – Steven Hall

In terms of memory and identity, a big thing I wanted to explore in the book was – if we lose the people closest to us, if we lose the people who show us who we are by reflecting ourselves back to us, then what’s left? Can there even be a self in the same way once they’re gone?

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The Orange Prize For Fiction Comes To Windsor

The Windsor Orange Prife for Fiction evening is the brainchild of Library Team Leader Lindsey Blake, who says, ‘We love the Orange Prize event in London but wanted to bring some of that excitement to Windsor”

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Not Just Anyone, The One.

He had mad spiky hair, which I liked.

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House-proud: Getting all domestic with local DJ, producer and label owner Steve Nash

I was someone who had never ventured further than my local pub and suddenly I was travelling around the M25 searching for parties.

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Through The Looking Glass – Art Beat

I’ve just been discovered. I’m sitting here at the computer minding my own business when suddenly a little boy thrusts open a cupboard door. He catches his breath. I stop typing. We stare at each other. It’s a Through the Looking Glass moment. Outside my window it’s a dull grey January afternoon, but inside the boy’s cupboard summer [...]

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