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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
  1. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  3. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
    03:11
    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  4. Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
    04:22
    Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
  5. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  6. Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:32
    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  7. Robert Lepage
    58:51
    Robert Lepage
  8. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    02:48
    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
  9. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
    03:37
    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  10. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  11. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  12. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    57:33
    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  13. Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
    05:28
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes
  14. Foil, Arms and Hog
    02:30
    Foil, Arms and Hog
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