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Father’s Salmon Fishing In The Yemen novel inspired Piers Torday to become a writer

Posted: September 21, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

AUTHOR Paul Torday became an overnight bestseller at 59 with his comic novel about a hare-brained scheme to introduce angling to the desert. His career was cruelly cut short by cancer but today his son Piers is following in his footsteps. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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From children’s author to Queen of the Road… Writer on becoming a lorry driver

Posted: September 20, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

WITH the shortage of HGV drivers hitting supermarket supplies, one successful writer retrained as a trucker…. and found the haulage business less sexist than publishing Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Avengers 5: Loki and Doctor Strange 2 writer on if Secret Wars is coming to MCU – WATCH

Posted: June 8, 2021 at 10:18 am   /   Movies

AVENGERS 5 is yet to be announced, but now Loki and Doctor Strange 2 screenwriter Michael Waldron has weighed in on if his upcoming multiverse stories are leading up to an adaptation of the Secret Wars comic book storyline. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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James Bond writer issues ‘chilling’ warning: ‘This could end Bond films forever’

Posted: June 2, 2021 at 10:19 am   /   Movies

JAMES BOND could be destroyed after Daniel Craig’s No Time To Die, warns Oscar-nominated SPECTRE and Skyfall screenwriter John Logan, who explains why the Bond franchise is “better” than DC or Star Wars. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Star Wars writer gives final word on The High Republic’s canon and details its future

Posted: April 18, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

STAR WARS EXCLUSIVE: The High Republic introduced a collection of new Jedi and events during the first book in the series, Light of the Jedi. Author of the novel, Charles Soule, has revealed how his stories fit into the series’ canon and writing one of the few female heroes in the Star Wars mythos. Daily […]

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Avengers X-Men crossover hopes dashed by WandaVision writer – ‘Not my department’

Posted: April 8, 2021 at 10:19 am   /   Movies

AVENGERS has been leading up to bringing the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the latest comments from WandaVision writer Jac Schaeffer suggest it may not be as close as once thought. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Virginia Woolf: Why we’re still afraid to forget the feted writer 80 years after her death

Posted: March 25, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

SOME 80 years after her untimely death at the age of 59, Virginia Woolf’s final words still carry an incredible poignancy. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Star Wars writer was ‘forced to cut’ Rey and Finn romance in The Force Awakens

Posted: December 29, 2020 at 9:18 am   /   Movies

STAR WARS’ sequel trilogy went through a massive amount of changes over the years of production it endured – and one of the Star Wars novelists has now spoken out about one major part of the story which he was asked to take out. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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Revealed! The secrets of the success of Agatha Christie – our greatest crime writer

Posted: September 21, 2020 at 10:25 am   /   Books

Our love of whodunits remains undiminished – but Agatha Christie is still the greatest crime writer of them all. So, what are the secrets of her enduring success? Daily Express :: Books Feed

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The Chain: Award-winning crime writer Adrian McKinty nearly ditched books to drive taxis

Posted: July 24, 2020 at 10:24 am   /   Books

IT HAD been a long, arduous day’s taxi driving and Adrian McKinty had finished his shift cleaning vomit from the back of his car when he took the call that would dramatically change his life. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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