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Is writing a novel a 'calling' or is it simply down to self-discipline and a lot of hard work? When author William Boyd came in to speak to students of the Curtis Brown Creative writing school in December 2014, he had some very clear views on the subject.
1st Broadcast on the BBC News Channel 28/08/2015. Directed by Tony Cook
Writer William Boyd introduces us to his darkly comic new play, The Argument. Directed by Anna Ledwich, The Argument runs at Hampstead Downstairs 3 March - 2 April. Click here for more information and tickets - http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2016/the-argument/
This week, Steve spoke to bestselling author William Boyd about his new book Sweet Caress. The writer has also written a James Bond book and had a smash hit with Any Human Heart, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize. Subscribe to LBC: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToLBC LBC: Leading Britain's Conversation DAB Digital Radio Nationwide | 97.3FM FM London
William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952) is a British novelist and screenwriter. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
Culture and literature series featuring a different Scottish writer each week. In this episode, novelist and screenwriter William Boyd discusses the importance of Africa on his fiction, the importance of names in creating his characters, and his work in the film industry.
14 April 2010. Internationally-acclaimed novelist William Boyd (writer of A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War Brazzaville Beach, Any Human Heart) has been translated into over thirty languages. He is also the author of a collection of screenplays, memoirs and non-fiction writings. French novelist Marc Dugain wrote 'La Chambre des officiers', inspired by the story of his grandfather. The book sold millions of copies, and was adapted to film. Dugain's novels and short stories (Campagne anglaise, Heureux comme Dieu en France, La Malédiction d'Edgar, Une exécution ordinaire), have since been very successful. Both of these great writers discussed literature in all its forms.
http://www.WilliamBoyd.co.uk http://www.bloomsbury.com/restless William Boyd on writing and what inspires and interests him.
Author William Boyd won the Whitbread Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award for his debut novel 'A Good Man in Africa', published in 1981. The novel has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies and launched the career of one of Britain's greatest living writers. Here, Boyd tells the students at the Curtis Brown Creative writing school about its evolution.
William Boyd gives a little bit of writing advice to young writers, filmed for groupthing.