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So You Want to Be a Writer: I Can Do That

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

First of six programmes for the would-be author written and introduced by Derek Parker

'Some people say to me, oh It must be lovely to sit down and scribble off a book. It isn't like that.'

How easy is it to become a writer, what are your chances of success, and what makes people write anyway? Derek Parker considers these questions with help from Margaret Powell, Malcolm Bradbury, Dick Francis, Penelope Lively and other authors.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Parker
Interviewee:
Margaret Powell
Interviewee:
Malcolm Bradbury
Interviewee:
Dick Francis
Interviewee:
Penelope Lively
Series Producer:
Dennis Simmons
Source: Radio Times

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