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Inspired Minds interview

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

In the latest episode of Rathbones Inspired Minds, Daniel Norcross speaks to author Richard Beard. Richard is the winner of the 2018 Ackerley Prize for his memoir, The Day That Went Missing. As well as being a writer, Richard …

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BBC Open Book – memoirs

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Novelists Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss turning from fiction to non fiction by writing memoirs.

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BBC Open Book – how social media has helped deformat fiction

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard looks at the ways writers have played with visual media on the page.

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BBC Open Book – the look of a book

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard explores how writers display things on the page that change how we read.

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BBC Open Book – exploring the power of punctuation

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard explores how writers have used punctuation to diversify fiction.

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BBC Open Book – the second person ‘you’ in fiction writing

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard examines how writers address ‘you’, the reader, in fiction.

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BBC Open Book – why is most writing written in the third person?

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard explores how and why most fiction is written in the third person.

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BBC Open Book – the ‘I’ viewpoint of the first person

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard guides us on the unexpected uses of the first person in fiction.

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BBC Open Book – fictional journeys in the future tense

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the future tense.

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BBC Open Book – the power of the present tense

Posted on December 7, 2024December 8, 2024 by 3nxctRqvn28

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the present tense.

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