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The Good Books, Richard Strachan: ‘Terry Pratchett is one of the funniest writers in the English language’

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Richard Strachan on Terry Pratchett, how Ted Hughes inspired him and the book he's reading now.    The first book I remember reading: This feels...
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The Good Books, Claire Wilson: ‘I learned my craft reading Stephen King from an early age’

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Claire Wilson on the books of her childhood and how Stephen King and Val McDermid inspired her writing.    The first book I remember reading:...
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The Good Books, Marisa Haetzman: ‘Denise Mina is one of Scotland’s great writers, I’m looking forward to her next book’

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Dr Marisa Haetzman is a former consultant anaesthetist and together with her husband Chris Brookmyre, she writes under the joint pen name Ambrose Parry. The pair will...
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The Good Books, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart: ‘Keeping readers enthralled as to what might happen next should be the focus of any storyteller’

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Dugald Bruce-Lockhart on not reading War and Peace, his love of Mick Herron's Slow Horses and the books of his childhood.    The first book...
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Life With Linwood Barclay: ‘Sir Ian Rankin took me for a drink at The Oxford Bar, it was special’

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Author Linwood Barclay on being take to The Oxford Bar with Ian Rankin, the books he always recommends and his time in Scotland.    I...
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The Good Books, Heather Darwent: ‘I will never tire of Donna Tartt, she’s my favourite writer’

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Heather Darwent on her favourite book of the year, the novels she always recommends and reading to her son.    The first book I remember...
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