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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'
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    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  6. Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:32
    Michael Che, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  7. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  8. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  9. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  10. Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
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    Jazz Line-Up: The Darius Brubeck Quartet perform Take Five
  11. Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
    11:10
    Jazz Line-Up: Alison Affleck sings Billie Holiday
  12. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  13. Sylvie Guillem
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    Sylvie Guillem
  14. Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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