Hints and tips:
...Becky Metcalfe of London’s Chelsea Design Centre has seen an increase in consumer demand for craftsmanship across the board....
...In 2006 he was awarded France’s Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has two children and divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin and Maine, in the US. Who is your perfect reader?...
...I loved Madeleine L’Engle as a child – A Wrinkle in Time. What does it mean to be a writer? I think a writer is a describer. She describes society and human nature as she sees it....
...Albert Camus, to talk about L’Etranger, which I read in French when I was 14, and later in Arabic and English. I knew it nearly by heart. How do you relax? I swim in the Mediterranean sea....
...Dorothy L Sayers, Richard Powers, Susanna Clarke. Do you have a writing routine? No, it’s completely chaotic. I’m very undisciplined....
...Here is a selection of boutique hotels suitable for business travellers: Vancouver: L'Hermitage Hotel, 788 Richards Street Calgary: Kensington Riverside Inn, 1126 Memorial Drive NW Toronto: One King West...
...Nothomb won the Grand Prix du Roman de l’Académie Francaise in 1999 for Fear and Trembling. She lives in Paris. Do you have a daily writing routine?...
...Dickens, by Peter Ackroyd; Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles; the Bible; Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers. When did you know you were going to be a writer? When I was five....
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