The us secretary of state, rex tillerson, says a serious response is needed to the chemical attack in syria the pentagon the pentagon is outlining military options to the president. Chinas president xi jinping arrives in florida for his first summit with president trump. North korea and the economy will be high on the agenda. The supreme court, rules against a father, who took his daughter on holiday during the school term without permission. An update on the Market Numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. Trading close to closing in the united states. Noinm naughtie talks to the writer Scarlett Thomas about her new novel, in meet the author. We all know what it feels like to get lost in a book. In Scarlett Thomass novel dragons green she turnsit thomass novel dragons green she turns it into a story of magic and danger. Eight childrens quest to make sense of a police turned upside down by a catastrophic event called worldquake. A writer who has had Great Success w
Next, meet the author. We all know what it feels like to get lost in a book. In scarlett thomass novel dragons green she turns it into a story of magic and danger. A childrens quest to make sense of a struggle turned upside down by a catastrophic event called worldquake. A writer who has had Great Success with what is called Literary Fiction, she has had an experience that has changed her as much as any of her characters. Welcome. So what did you discover about writing and about your own writing when you brought magic into the equation . A lot is the answer to that. Early on in my career i started writing about maths and then i moved onto physics and then botany and now magic like so many classics of childrens fiction, youre stepping into another world, whether through a wardrobe or down a rabbits hole and in this case by going back to a book as the doorway to some different world, it is obviously something that energises you. Yes, and i think, for me, this is part of the whole concept
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