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'From Dal Stivens to Colin Simpson and Barbara Jefferis, Stephany Steggall encountered a colourful gallery of characters as she set about writing the history of the Asa.
'Conversations about literature are too often haunted by nostalgia. The digital age is not the end of literature. it is only change, and I welcome it, writes Tara Moss.'
'When the film producer calls, asking to option your book, many authors feel a shiver of excitement. Five or even ten years later, many of them are still waiting. The process of adaptation can be even more tortuous than writing a book in the first place as prominent authors tell Anneli Knight.'
'The personal is never far away for Gillian Mears, whose distinguished body of work has centered around recording her entanglement in a possessive, controlling family.'
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Note: Includes a list of Prizes and Honors and a bibliography.