Ladybird man who taught Britain to read with inspiring Peter and Jane books
Jenny Pearce
Daily Mail
By Victoria Moore
4 December 2008
Peeping out of a wigwam set up on a neatly mowed lawn — Jane in her cheery yellow cardigan, Peter…
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The ugly truth
Constance Briscoe
The Times
By Janice Turner
3 December 2008
Constance Briscoe wrote in her memoir, Ugly, that she was beaten as a child by her mother. Then she was…
A way with words
Henry Hitchings
Independent on Sunday
By Suzi Feay
30 November 2008
Lexical wizard Henry Hitchings on the crazy history of our language 'Margarine' comes from the Persian word for pearl, Edmund…
Interview: Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Judith Kerr
The Guardian
By Claire Armitstead
29 November 2008
Judith Kerr was a nine-year-old living in Berlin when a tip-off came from a friendly policeman that her father's passport…
Guardian First Book award: Interview with shortlisted author Ross Raisin
Ross Raisin
The Guardian
29 November 2008
In the last of our interviews with shortlisted authors, we talk to Ross Raisin
'If I'd known what a progressive brain disease could do for your PR profile I may have had one earlier'
Terry Pratchett
The Independent
By Deborah Orr
29 November 2008
Terry Pratchett: 'If I'd known what a progressive brain disease could do for your PR profile I may have had…
'I often write about my faults'
Sue Townsend
The Independent
By Christina Patterson
28 November 2008
The tortuous life of Adrian Mole reflects the feelings and doubts of his creator, Sue Townsend. She talks to Christina…
'It's cyber war - and we're all in the firing line'
Michael Dobbs
Daily Telegraph
By Elizabeth Grice
27 November 2008
Politician turned novelist Michael Dobbs has a knack of foretelling the future. His latest scenario, about a cyber-attack bringing the…
Cory Doctorow: willing science fiction into fact
Cory Doctorow
The Guardian
By Damien G Walter
25 November 2008
The activist-novelist explains to Damien G Walter how he hopes his writing will change tomorrow's world
Guardian First Book award: interview with shortlisted author Owen Matthews
Owen Matthews
The Guardian
22 November 2008
In the fourth of our interviews with shortlisted authors we talk to Owen Matthews
Brought to Book
Baroness Uddin
Total Politics
18 September 2008
Baroness Uddin on her reading habits
If I were Prime Minister: Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
Total Politics
21 August 2008
Award-winning crime novelist tells Total Politics what he would do if he were Prime Minister
10 Questions for Mario Batali
Mario Batali
Time
23 October 2008
The Iron Chef America star has a new PBS show, Spain ... On the Road Again. Mario Batali will now…
Profile: Sir Alan Beith MP
Sir Alan Beith MP
Total Politics
By Ben Duckworth
24 October 2008
Sir Alan Beith talks to Total Politics about his autobiography, A View from the North.
The adventures of a yummy mummy
Niamh Greene
The Irish World
By Shelley Marsden
19 November 2008
SHELLEY MARSDEN catches up with Niamh Greene, who's slowly getting used to being a best-selling novelist…
