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An interview with Tim Wynne-Jones, author of 35 books for all ages, including novels, picture books, and short story collections, including most recently War at the Snow White Motel and The Starlight Claim, which is a finalist for the 2021 White Pine Award. Hear about his love of islands and adventures, his aversion to unnecessary back-stories, and his childhood experience of telling stories around the dinner table. 25 minutes. All ages. A full transcript is available at CabinTales.ca.   Show Notes [0:00] Intro [1:25] Interview with Tim Wynne-Jones CA: There are some writers who do all sorts of exercises and they feel like they have to know everything about their character's past… TWJ: It really is like being at a party. You start talking to somebody. … And then suddenly they start telling you their life story. And the first thing you're going to do is start edging back towards the guacamole…   [4:05] CA: And then with setting, if you're using a real place do you like gather maps and work out your setting? TWJ: Yeah…. In a made-up landscape, for instance in The Emperor of Any Place -- that's an imagined landscape – well, I had to do tons of research on what kind of flora and fauna there is in that part of the Pacific Ocean. … I love that kind of research. … And I love maps. … I've always loved making up islands and making treasure islands. …   [6:10] CA: Do you have any favorite words? TWJ: Just a million…. I mostly live for capital S Story. … But sometimes you find a book that is so beautifully written that the story … doesn't have to do an awful lot. …   [7:50] CA: Do you have a favorite plot twist? TWJ: Tamar by Mal Peet… sent a chill up my back … like ‘Oh my God of course! Why didn't I see that?'   [8:30] CA: Are any of your stories based on your own childhood? TWJ: The Rex Zero trilogy is definitely based on my childhood in Ottawa in the Cold War. … And my short stories. … use an element from my childhood. …   [9:05] CA: You write for children and for young adults and adults. Do you think of your audience while you write? TWJ: … Sometimes I feel like I'm writing a scene for one person… And a lot of the time I'm just trying to write for myself… I can't target a book at an age group. I don't even like that term because it means like you're trying to shoot them …   [11:10] CA: And you said sometimes you write just for yourself… TWJ: …There are periods when I don't have anything that I have to say. …The wonderful writer Annie Dillard has a quote about this … just leave it alone; the well is empty; it will fill from below, by groundwater. … Do something else. … I've been writing a lot of songs lately and I've really been loving it. …But when I'm in the middle of the book, the joy of being a writer, I think, really, is when you get through that first horrible difficult draft… I've done all the hard slogging. And now it's going to be equally hard but in a much more interesting and exciting way. And then, then I love being a writer, for that second draft. That's just heaven.   [14:20] CA: How much time do you typically spend revising versus drafting? TWJ: Well, a lot. … [15:00] CA: I remember hearing you speak once, and you had been working on a book and then someone advised you, ‘You have to kill the father…. TWJ: … my editor, god bless her. … and she didn't need to say it more than once before I realized exactly what I'd done -- I was protecting the boy…The father would step in front of the boy in every scene … I had to kill this perfectly lovely father so that the boy was face to face with his antagonist. …   [16:50] CA: … You have to have faith that… life will replenish your ideas and your stories … TWJ: Yeah…. in the Annie Dillard quote … she says … if you're writing and you have an idea for a scene that's just amazing, don't think about saving it for later. … Just use it right away and it will be replenished. … You're creating ideas by allowing these ones to get out of your head. … [18:20] CA: I think she says write as if you're dying as well, and as if you're writing to an audience of people who are dying because basically-- TWJ: It's true…. But …I have a favourite saying that the difference between adult books and children's books is in an adult book it's all about letting go; and in a children's book it's about getting a grip. …   [19:20] CA: Do you have a favorite POV to write from? TWJ: The story tells me. …When I was writing Blink and Caution… I was 6 pages into it before I realized I was writing in the second person. … I write in first and I write in third and I write in second. The 8th POV I'd like to try ….   [20:40] CA: Did you tell stories around the campfire as a kid…? TWJ: … The dinner table was the campfire. … And in fact, as little children …we weren't allowed to sit at the dinner table with our parents until we were interesting. …   [22:30] CA: Do you have a favorite scary story or scary movie? TWJ: I loved reading Dracula, …the darkness, just pervasive darkness that moves in on the story. … I loved “Dead Calm,” an Australian movie …   [24:05] CA: Do you have any phobias? TWJ: Yeah, I'm claustrophobic. …   [24:55] Tim Wynne-Jones introduces himself TWJ: Hi. I'm Tim Wynne-Jones. Let's see. I live in the country on 76 acres of bushland with my wife, Amanda Lewis, who's a writer among many other things. We have three grown-up children, two boys in Toronto and a daughter in London England. And they're all married and I have two grandchildren in England. And we have a cat, a wonderful old cat. And I like to cook more than anything in the world, even more than writing. But I wouldn't want to be a cook for a living. I think it's even worse than being a writer. And I like to do crossword puzzles and I love to read and snowshoe. There.   [25:40] Find out more about Tim Wynne-Jones You can hear more creative writing advice from Tim Wynne-Jones on Cabin Tales Episode 1, “Things Hide in the Darkness,” about setting; Episode 2, “Nasty People meet Nasty Ends,” about character,” Episode 7.5, “Author Interviews about Endings,” and Episode 8, “The Never-ending Story,” about revision. Find out more about Tim Wynne-Jones and his books from his website at TimWynne-Jones.com.   [26:50] Thanks and coming up on the podcast I'll be back next week with leftovers from my interview with Monique Polak, author of 29 books for young readers who joins us from Montreal, Quebec. Thanks for listening. Credits: Music on the podcast is from “Stories of the Old Mansion” by Akashic Records, provided by Jamendo (Standard license for online use). Host: Catherine Austen writes books for children, short stories for adults, and reports for corporate clients. Visit her at www.catherineausten.com. Guest Author: Tim Wynne-Jones has written 35 books for adults and children of all ages. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and won multiple awards, including the Governor General's Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, and the Edgar Award. Tim was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2012. Find him online at  http://www.timwynne-jones.com/.  

Who are the people who keep a love of books alive in our city and in our communities? Our Toaster Challenge guest is Bernadette Larkin who has extensive experience in literature and arts education for children and young adults. Bernadette chats to us about books for young adults and, among other things, her role as project manager and curator of Our City Our Books, an initiative of Dublin City Council Culture Company. What books matter to you? Bernadette is eager to hear from readers about the books that matter to them. People are invited to send in their recommended reads and take part at https://www.ourcityourbooks.ie/Bernadette’s Toaster Challenge choice for young adult readers is Sarah Crossan’s novel Moonrise, published by Bloomsbury. She also talks about The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas and Mal Peet’s The Family Tree whileyoung reader Freya Sirr chats about a favourite of hers, Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit. We also discuss Hilary Mantel's memoir Giving Up the Ghost and her novel The Giant, O’Brien.Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.comArtwork by Freya SirrTo subscribe to Books for Breakfast go to your podcast provider of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google etc) and search for the podcast then hit subscribe or follow, or simply click the appropriate button above. If you want to be alerted when a new episode is released follow the instructions here for iPhone or iPad. For Spotify notifications follow the instructions here.

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Tornano i Libri a Colacione, la rubrica di Tutto Esaurito su Radio 105! Questa settimana: Il nostro albero di Mal Peet e Ascoltatori di Susanna Tartaro.→ Leggi? Ti aspetto su BookBlister! http://www.bookblister.com → Scrivi? Ti aspetto su https://www.berettamazzotta.it

Tornano i Libri a Colacione, la rubrica di Tutto Esaurito su Radio 105! Questa settimana: Il nostro albero di Mal Peet e Ascoltatori di Susanna Tartaro. → Leggi? Ti aspetto su BookBlister! http://www.bookblister.com → Scrivi? Ti aspetto su https://www.berettamazzotta.it

Michelangelo and Coleridge, Dickens and the Impressionists, all left work that they or others deemed unfinished, interrupted or incomplete. In front of a BBC R3 Proms audience at Imperial Collge in London, the poet and broadcaster, Ian McMillan is joined by the writer Meg Rosoff who completed the novel ‘Beck' for her friend, the late Mal Peet, and art historian and curator, Karen Serres from the Courtauld Gallery to talk about what is meant by unfinished art and literature and why it disturbs, provokes and inspires.

A boy and his dog set sail in search of treasure, braving stormy seas . . . mountains snowy and cold . . . the forest where the monkeys swing . . . the swamp where the bullfrogs sing . . . and other challenging obstacles, before finally reaching the end of their quest. But wait! Pirate Frank is A GIRL! And she doesn’t want to share. Back home they go, retracing their steps before sailing away to dream of the treasure they’ve lost. The Stories Aloud edition of The Treasure of Pirate Frank is written by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illustrated by Jez Tuya, and published by Nosy Crow. Read more about the book: http://nosycrow.com/product/the-treasure-of-pirate-frank/ Find out about Stories Aloud: http://nosycrow.com/stories-aloud/

As the work of the Turner Prize-shortlisted artists go on show at Tate Britain, Charlotte Mullins assesses what the exhibition says about the strength of contemporary art in the UK.Brian McCormick, Seamus Heaney's nephew and director of a new arts and literary centre dedicated to the Nobel laureate, talks about opening the exhibition space in the poet's home town of Bellaghy, Northern Ireland. Meg Rosoff, who completed the new novel Beck by her friend Mal Peet after he passed away, and Samantha Norman, who finished her mother Ariana Franklin's historical thriller Winter Siege, discuss the challenges - and joys - of completing books after the death of their authors.Actor Dominic Cooper and director Terry Johnson discuss their new production of The Libertine, Stephen Jeffreys' 1994 play about the rake and poet John Wilmot who scandalised the court of Charles II. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Rachel Simpson.

In this episode taped at Book Riot Live, Jeff and Rebecca talk the Amazon bookstore, quarterbacks recommending books, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS going to TV, the history of Book Riot, and much more. This episode is sponsored by THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY by Mal Peet.

Daisy Waugh is literary royalty. Following in the footsteps of her legendary grandfather Evelyn and her journalist/author father Auberon, Daisy is a popular columnist and novelist in her own right. According to her regular column in the Sunday Times she promoted her last book, “a feminist diatribe modern motherhood” by “lying on a giant, polystyrene cut-out of my own name. In a tight red satin skirt which didn’t belong to me, and some magnificent shoes covered in velvet and jewels, on loan from Manolo Blahnik.” To promote her latest novel— she sits down with us! But before we get to Honeyville— the pet name of the only town in Colorado where prostitution was legal in 1913— she gripes about trying to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. She also opens up about being a Waugh, an atheist who loves the Tarot and the personal repercussions of her successful and divisive I don’t know why she bothers: Guilt-free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women. By the time we reach whether it was better to be a whore than a wife in the Wild West— as proclaimed by Honeyville’s protagonist— the gloves are well and truly off. This Daisy is no shrinking wallflower! Follow her on twitter @didwaugh >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Daisy Waugh is literary royalty. Following in the footsteps of her legendary grandfather Evelyn and her journalist/author father Auberon, Daisy is a popular columnist and novelist in her own right. According to her regular column in the Sunday Times she promoted her last book, “a feminist diatribe modern motherhood” by “lying on a giant, polystyrene cut-out of my own name. In a tight red satin skirt which didn’t belong to me, and some magnificent shoes covered in velvet and jewels, on loan from Manolo Blahnik.” To promote her latest novel— she sits down with us! But before we get to Honeyville— the pet name of the only town in Colorado where prostitution was legal in 1913— she gripes about trying to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. She also opens up about being a Waugh, an atheist who loves the Tarot and the personal repercussions of her successful and divisive I don’t know why she bothers: Guilt-free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women. By the time we reach whether it was better to be a whore than a wife in the Wild West— as proclaimed by Honeyville’s protagonist— the gloves are well and truly off. This Daisy is no shrinking wallflower! Follow her on twitter @didwaugh >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Seventy thousand dead. Twenty thousand disappeared. Severed heads with threatening messages dumped by the side of the highway. A terrorist insurgency on the verge of toppling governments. Iraq? Syria? The Congo? Ukraine? No. This is Northern Mexico— one of the most violent places on earth. Why? Because Western culture likes to take drugs. Tons of them. Drugs we brand illegal and on which we’re waging war. To walk us through the kill zone— from the peasants picking coca in the hills behind Bogota to the contract killers of Ciudad Juarez— tonight we’re joined by the amazingly-still-alive Ioan Grillo, acclaimed journalist and author of El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency. Intimately familiar with the deadly cartels, Ioan breaks down Mexico’s bloody “trampolines”, the reality of Breaking Bad— in the form of Mexican crystal meth “super-labs”— the splashy death of Pablo Escobar, and the largest cash seizure in modern history. We also discuss confirmed CIA complicity in importing cocaine into America and the character assassination and suspicious death of reporter Gary Webb— whose star-studded biopic Kill the Messenger was recently released in theaters. This is a show not to be missed. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Seventy thousand dead. Twenty thousand disappeared. Severed heads with threatening messages dumped by the side of the highway. A terrorist insurgency on the verge of toppling governments. Iraq? Syria? The Congo? Ukraine? No. This is Northern Mexico— one of the most violent places on earth. Why? Because Western culture likes to take drugs. Tons of them. Drugs we brand illegal and on which we’re waging war. To walk us through the kill zone— from the peasants picking coca in the hills behind Bogota to the contract killers of Ciudad Juarez— tonight we’re joined by the amazingly-still-alive Ioan Grillo, acclaimed journalist and author of El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency. Intimately familiar with the deadly cartels, Ioan breaks down Mexico’s bloody “trampolines”, the reality of Breaking Bad— in the form of Mexican crystal meth “super-labs”— the splashy death of Pablo Escobar, and the largest cash seizure in modern history. We also discuss confirmed CIA complicity in importing cocaine into America and the character assassination and suspicious death of reporter Gary Webb— whose star-studded biopic Kill the Messenger was recently released in theaters. This is a show not to be missed. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

At Last – The Litopia After Dark Xmas Family Murder Show is here! Yeah – it’s a tad late, folks (or early, for next Xmas). But hardcore Yule like this is worth waiting for. This is the show that puts Fifty Shades in the shade. That makes your office Xmas party look sophisticated. That cracks your Xmas nuts and then asks damn fool questions about Ants. There is no mercy; for Agent Cox is the quizmaster. And you are his prey. Don’t miss this unique chance to relive precious childhood Xmas trauma! Thrill as our panelists succumb to Stockholm syndrome – live, on-air and during the show! In true Saturnalian style – and for this show only – Ian Winn’s customary role of ringmaster is playfully usurped… throb to his gibbers! And since its the Roman winter solstice orgy we’re celebrating, our very special guests tonight are very specially-imported from the land of Chianti, bottom-pinching and speaking with your hands… we’re proud to present none other than Daniela De Gregorio and Michael G. Jacob! Daniela and Mike write together under the pseudonym Michael Gregorio. Their latest and greatest book has just been published – CRY WOLF is a hard-boiled, break-neck thriller, set in the stunning Sybilline Mountains National Park in central Italy. The first of a brand-new crime series, CRY WOLF introduces Sebastiano Cangio… who only wants to live amongst the wild mountain wolves he loves so much… but who quickly finds himself up against the most organised, the most violent crime it is possible to conceive. It’s a great holiday read… and… We have three copies to give away! To win, simply answer Ian’s question correctly, and mail us using the button on this page. The first three correct answers will win CRY WOLF as an ebook, distributed through NetGalley. Contestants will need to provide a valid email address – preferably the address connected to your eReader. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

At Last – The Litopia After Dark Xmas Family Murder Show is here! Yeah – it’s a tad late, folks (or early, for next Xmas). But hardcore Yule like this is worth waiting for. This is the show that puts Fifty Shades in the shade. That makes your office Xmas party look sophisticated. That cracks your Xmas nuts and then asks damn fool questions about Ants. There is no mercy; for Agent Cox is the quizmaster. And you are his prey. Don’t miss this unique chance to relive precious childhood Xmas trauma! Thrill as our panelists succumb to Stockholm syndrome – live, on-air and during the show! In true Saturnalian style – and for this show only – Ian Winn’s customary role of ringmaster is playfully usurped… throb to his gibbers! And since its the Roman winter solstice orgy we’re celebrating, our very special guests tonight are very specially-imported from the land of Chianti, bottom-pinching and speaking with your hands… we’re proud to present none other than Daniela De Gregorio and Michael G. Jacob! Daniela and Mike write together under the pseudonym Michael Gregorio. Their latest and greatest book has just been published – CRY WOLF is a hard-boiled, break-neck thriller, set in the stunning Sybilline Mountains National Park in central Italy. The first of a brand-new crime series, CRY WOLF introduces Sebastiano Cangio… who only wants to live amongst the wild mountain wolves he loves so much… but who quickly finds himself up against the most organised, the most violent crime it is possible to conceive. It’s a great holiday read… and… We have three copies to give away! To win, simply answer Ian’s question correctly, and mail us using the button on this page. The first three correct answers will win CRY WOLF as an ebook, distributed through NetGalley. Contestants will need to provide a valid email address – preferably the address connected to your eReader. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

When US and UK forces invaded Iraq in 2003, millions of people took to the streets to protes – to little effect. The bombs of Shock and Awe kept falling. By some estimates the civilian death toll stands at over 150,000. Like many people, tonight’s guest David Gross had a crisis of conscience. And yet unlike many people, he’s done something about it. He’s stopped paying taxes. Not by tax avoidance, but by lowering his income below the tax threshold - and by using as many loopholes as he can find within the law. You know, just like all our much-loved multi-national corporations do! Tonight’s guest tax resistor David Gross But would his solutions work for you? His recent book - 99 Tactics of Successful Tax Resistance Campaigns - combs through history for examples of tax resistance movements that actually changed government policy (like the Suffragettes. Such tactics don't come without risk: despite Mr. Gross' best efforts, the IRS is after him for thirty grand and if his profile gets much higher he risks incarceration. Is he an elitist? A traitor? Or - sin of all sins in the USA - does he not support the troops? Tonight, our host and self-confessed “taxpaying mug” producer play good cop/bad cop with one brave individual who refuses to fund the system error they call the war on terror. Catch Mr. Gross' recent feature in the Atlantic: Can Quitting A Job Help End War? Or track his nefarious schemes and suggestions on his blog The Picket Line Photo by Lwp Kommunikáció >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

When US and UK forces invaded Iraq in 2003, millions of people took to the streets to protes – to little effect. The bombs of Shock and Awe kept falling. By some estimates the civilian death toll stands at over 150,000. Like many people, tonight’s guest David Gross had a crisis of conscience. And yet unlike many people, he’s done something about it. He’s stopped paying taxes. Not by tax avoidance, but by lowering his income below the tax threshold - and by using as many loopholes as he can find within the law. You know, just like all our much-loved multi-national corporations do! Tonight’s guest tax resistor David Gross But would his solutions work for you? His recent book - 99 Tactics of Successful Tax Resistance Campaigns - combs through history for examples of tax resistance movements that actually changed government policy (like the Suffragettes. Such tactics don't come without risk: despite Mr. Gross' best efforts, the IRS is after him for thirty grand and if his profile gets much higher he risks incarceration. Is he an elitist? A traitor? Or - sin of all sins in the USA - does he not support the troops? Tonight, our host and self-confessed “taxpaying mug” producer play good cop/bad cop with one brave individual who refuses to fund the system error they call the war on terror. Catch Mr. Gross' recent feature in the Atlantic: Can Quitting A Job Help End War? Or track his nefarious schemes and suggestions on his blog The Picket Line Photo by Lwp Kommunikáció >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Mariella Frostrup talks to Mal Peet about his latest book The Murdstone Trilogy, his first novel for adults. Beta Life is an experiment which sets out to discover what happens when you mix writers and scientists in a creative laboratory, the result is a diverse collection of short story stories all set in 2070. And novelist Tomas Gonzalas, author of In The Beginning Was The Sea, delivers his literary postcard from the foothills of Colombia.

Ian’s guests tonight are Daisy Eris Campbell and Jon Higgs who are bringing Robert Anton Wilson’s cult classic The Cosmic Trigger, The Final Secret of the Illuminati to the stage. Impossible? Well, when you consider that this nonfiction and partly autobiographical work covers, amongst many other topics... Freemasons, Discordianism, Sufism, the Illuminati, Futurology, Zen Buddhism, Dennis and Terence McKenna, Jack Parsons, the occult practices of Aleister Crowley and G.I. Gurdjieff, Yoga, and many other esoteric or counterculture philosophies... yes, you might well conclude that it’s un-stageable. Where other producers see problems, Daisy sees... a four-hour epic. Listen to her long, strange but oh-so-necessary journey leading to The Cosmic Trigger. And buy tickets for the London show – on now – here. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Ian’s guests tonight are Daisy Eris Campbell and Jon Higgs who are bringing Robert Anton Wilson’s cult classic The Cosmic Trigger, The Final Secret of the Illuminati to the stage. Impossible? Well, when you consider that this nonfiction and partly autobiographical work covers, amongst many other topics... Freemasons, Discordianism, Sufism, the Illuminati, Futurology, Zen Buddhism, Dennis and Terence McKenna, Jack Parsons, the occult practices of Aleister Crowley and G.I. Gurdjieff, Yoga, and many other esoteric or counterculture philosophies... yes, you might well conclude that it’s un-stageable. Where other producers see problems, Daisy sees... a four-hour epic. Listen to her long, strange but oh-so-necessary journey leading to The Cosmic Trigger. And buy tickets for the London show – on now – here. >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Mal Peet is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest British writers alive. His books have won many awards, and reviews range from the merely enthusiastic to the ecstatic. A deeply creative writer, Mal joins us tonight to chat about the writing process, tar-grouted macadam, nano-drones and Tolkienism. Oh, and also his newly publishing book, THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY… which isn’t a trilogy at all. Click to order from Amazon Is there a formula for writing the next George “Rolls Royce” Martin swords-and-sorcery, high-fantasy epic troll opera? Mal says yes… and what’s more, he generously shares it with us. From the Greme Caves of Devon to the unspeakable trolls lurking near Sydney’s Opera House, by way of Norfolk (not pronounced the way it looks) – you’re in for a rollicking, high-octane evening! >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes

Mal Peet is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest British writers alive. His books have won many awards, and reviews range from the merely enthusiastic to the ecstatic. A deeply creative writer, Mal joins us tonight to chat about the writing process, tar-grouted macadam, nano-drones and Tolkienism. Oh, and also his newly publishing book, THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY… which isn’t a trilogy at all. Click to order from Amazon Is there a formula for writing the next George “Rolls Royce” Martin swords-and-sorcery, high-fantasy epic troll opera? Mal says yes… and what’s more, he generously shares it with us. From the Greme Caves of Devon to the unspeakable trolls lurking near Sydney’s Opera House, by way of Norfolk (not pronounced the way it looks) – you’re in for a rollicking, high-octane evening! >>>>>> Download the show as an audio file Subscribe in iTunes